Stroke damages blood-spinal cord barrier
Monday, June 13, 2016 - 11:31
in Health & Medicine
A team of researchers at the University of South Florida investigating the short and long-term effects of ischemic stroke in a rodent model has found that stroke can cause long-term damage to the blood-spinal cord barrier (BSCB), creating a “toxic environment” in the spinal cord that might leave stroke survivors susceptible to motor dysfunction and […]