Spinal Cord Injury: A Comprehensive Approach to Pathophysiology, Treatment, and Recovery
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 119
Special Issue Editors
Interests: pathophysiology and therapeutic advances in spinal cord injury
2. Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional, Escuela Militar de Graduados en Sanidad, Mexico City 11200, Mexico
Interests: neuroimmunology; central nervous system; spinal cord injury
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Traumatic spinal cord injury causes a catastrophic condition in patients, resulting in neuronal deficits and loss of motor and sensory function. This loss is caused by secondary injury events following mechanical damage, resulting in cell death.
The objective of this Special Issue is to update, integrate, and disseminate advances in research and development on the mechanisms, targets, and key therapeutic strategies in the pathological processes and treatments of spinal cord injury to promote neuroprotection, neurodegeneration, and motor recovery.
This Special Issue seeks to bring together experts in the field to discuss the latest advances in understanding the pathophysiology and the development of innovative treatments. It welcomes original research articles and brief communications, as well as comprehensive reviews, on topics such as injury and repair mechanisms, the use of biomaterials and tissue engineering, cell and gene therapies, and functional recovery studies.
Dr. Raúl Silva Garcia
Dr. Elisa García-Vences
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- spinal cord injury
- neuroprotection
- inflammation
- therapy
- pathophysiology
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