title: Spinal cord injury and plasticity: opportunities and challenges.
abstract: There is still no effective treatment to promote functional recovery following spinal cord injury. However, promoting injury-induced adaptive changes (plasticity) within the central nervous system, associated with repair, promise new treatment strategies. Recent contributions from our group and current challenges of this relatively young field are discussed in this review.
authors.affiliation: University of Alberta, Canada. karim.fouad@ualberta.ca
authors.forename: Karim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fouad
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krajacic
authors.forename: Wolfram
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Tetzlaff
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology*; D020127:Recovery of Function; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000473:pathology / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000628:therapy*