Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System (MRSCICS)
Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System (MRSCICS) at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab is a leading center for innovative, integrated, interdisciplinary research and care for persons with SCI and is one of the original five NIDILRR-designated Model System Spinal Cord Injury Centers (in partnership with Northwestern University and Northwestern Memorial Hospital).
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Our Projects
Take a look at a few of the projects we work on everyday.
Characterizing the Experience of Spasticity after Spinal Cord Injury
PROJECT TYPE:
Spinal Cord Injury, Outcomes
Research Project
Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems Equity and Quality in Assistive Technology (EQuATe) 2.0 Module
PROJECT TYPE:
Outcomes
Research Project
MRSCICS Matters Newsletter
Research Project
Selected Publications
Multisite Hebbian Plasticity Restores Function in Humans with Spinal Cord Injury
OBJECTIVE: Spinal cord injury (SCI) damages synaptic connections between corticospinal axons and motoneurons of many muscles, resulting in devastating paralysis. We hypothesized that strengthening corticospinal-motoneuronal synapses at multiple spinal cord levels through Hebbian plasticity (i.e., "neurons that fire together, wire together") promotes recovery of leg and arm function. METHODS: Twenty participants with chronic SCI were randomly assigned to receive 20-sessions of Hebbian or sham…
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