Acute and Chronic Systemic Alterations Produced by Spinal Trauma

Dear Colleagues,

Spinal cord injury (SCI) initiates a wide range of pathological events that adversely and permanently shape the overall quality of an individual’s life. In addition to the well-known loss of sensory and motor function, as well as efforts to restore such loss, individuals who have suffered an SCI face a lifetime of lesser known health deficits, such as gastrointestinal and urogenital difficulties, sexual dysfunction and infertility, osteoporosis, altered immune function, metabolic syndromes, and depression, to name only a few.

The goal of this Special Issue is to provide a focus on these SCI-induced deficits, in terms of identifying both pathological mechanisms underlying their onset/maintenance, as well as describe novel ideas as to their potential treatment.

Raymond J. Grill, Ph.D.
Guest Editor

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