Neurological Rehabilitation/Disability Index
Department of Neurosurgery
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Spinal Cord Rehab Links | Brain Rehab Links | Disability Links

Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Links MGH Neurosurgery's guide to organizations providing support and education regarding spinal cord injury and paralysis. Yahoo's Paralysis Index American Paralysis Association Homepage SCI Support SCI Web SCI Support Network with The Cord Newsletter Spinal Cord Injury Information from the (US) National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Current Understanding and Treatment The Normal Spinal Cord Anatomical and Functional Changes After Injury Clinical Management Conclusion Secondary Damage Immune System Reactions Oxidative Damage Calcium and Excitotoxicity Necrosis and Apoptosis Axon Damage Changes Below the Injury Conclusion Regeneration --Implications of Development Nerve Cell Differentiation Axon Pathfinding Synapse Formation --Basic Regeneration Studies Trophic Factors Intrinsic Growth Programs Barriers to Growth --Applied Regeneration Studies Transplantation Trophic Factors Anti-Inhibitory Factors Combination Therapies --Conclusion Current Interventions Drug Therapy Neural Prostheses Rehabilitation Conclusion Preclinical and Clinical Testing of New Therapies Preclinical Testing Clinical Trials Conclusion Conclusion Glossary of Major Terms National Spinal Cord Injury Association National Spinal Cord Injury Hotline Spinal cord injury service Hotline's toll free number is 1-800-526-3456. It is an information and referral service available to individuals who have sustained a traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) and their families. The office hours are 9-5 EST and 24 hours for new injuries. The Hotline was established in 1984 and the heartbeat of the Hotline is its peer support network. Now over 550 individuals across the country volunteer to provide support and assistance to others in their geographic area. The Hotline is financially supported by the Paralyzed Veterans of America. Brain Injury/Stroke Rehabilitation Links Head Injury Rehab Links from the (US) National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Head Injury: Rehabilitation Head Injury Rehabilitation Physical Troubles Interfere Coping with Personality Changes Regaining the Quality of Life after a Head Injury Head Injuries and the Impact on the Family Do's & Don'ts of Head Injury Patient Care Brain Injury - A Guide for Families and Friends (UIowa) Guide to organizations providing support and education regarding strokes. Yahoo's Internet Stroke Information Index MGH Neurology Web Forum : select Stroke Recovering After a Stroke Consumers Guide US National Institutes of Health Post-Stroke Rehabilitation Physician's Guide US National Institutes of Health General Disability Links Resources for people with disabilities and their families and other care-givers. MedWeb (Emory) disability resource index More Cool Disability Resources from Evan Kemp Associates Diability Resources (U Maryland) Galaxy Disability Resources Index and another Disability Index Homepage Patient Advocacy Groups Help Line - toll free telephone numbers (from Johns Hopkins) My Handi-Capable Reporter A Newsletter with the motto,"Changing pessimism to optimism." Related Indexes from Wake Forest Neurosurgery The Wake Forest Spina Bifida Index The Wake Forest Chiari/Syrinx Index The Wake Forest Hydrocephalus Index The Neurogenetic Disorders The Wake Forest Stroke Index Wake Forest Pediatric/Developmental Neurosurgery Homepage with general peditric neurosurgery links Wake Forest Spine Neurosurgery Homepage with more back and neck injury links.