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Simisola O. Oludare
University of Illinois at Chicago
There are currently no intervention Acute Interventions Sub-Chronic Interventions Chronic Interventions
strategies which are able to Following the initial injury, there Continuous apoptotic degeneration of Loss of movement, sensation and
completely restore function is cell death, inflammation and a oligodendrocytes and neural network autonomic control
following nervous system injuries host of secondary injuries. connections.
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