"Using experimental tools to deplete microglia, we found it's possible to prevent abnormal nerve growth, and prevent autonomic complications after spinal cord injury," said Popovich, who also is ...

Lead author Phillip Popovic is, chair of the Ohio State Department of Neuroscience and executive director of Ohio State's Belford Center for Spinal Cord Injury and Center for Brain and Spinal Cord ...

However, abnormal, potentially life-threatening autonomic reflexes also occur in other animals and in people with spinal cord injury, said Popovich, who is also a member of Ohio State's Institute ...