The Role of the mTOR Pathway in Treating Spinal Cord Injury for Neuron Survival and Axonal Growth
Zane Ahlfinger Background: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a “destructive neurological and pathological state that causes major motor, sensory, and autonomic dysfunctions”.1 Primary spinal cord injury is caused by direct blunt trauma to the spinal cord either from direct force or by impingement from vertebral fragments. Primary injury will most…