{"id":4488,"date":"2015-12-23T16:09:20","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T05:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spinalcure.org.au\/?p=4488"},"modified":"2015-12-23T16:09:20","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T05:09:20","slug":"rats-with-chronic-parvovirus-infection-show-improved-recovery-from-spinal-cord-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spinalcure.org.au\/research\/rats-with-chronic-parvovirus-infection-show-improved-recovery-from-spinal-cord-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Rats with chronic parvovirus infection show improved recovery from spinal cord injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

A vendor informed researchers in Stockholm, Sweden that they had been shipped rats infected with\u00a0rat parvovirus type 1a (RPV-1a). They compared these rats with uninfected ones and found that, after spinal cord injury, the\u00a0RPV-1a-infected rats had significantly better hind limb locomotor recovery, significantly better tissue sparing and axonal sparing around the injury site, as well as significant reductions in macrophages\/<\/span>activated microglia and astrocyte reactivity in their spinal cords.<\/p>\n

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\nA vendor informed researchers in Stockholm, Sweden that they had been shipped rats infected with\u00a0rat parvovirus type 1a (RPV-1a). They compared these rats with uninfected ones and found that, after spinal cord injury, the\u00a0RPV-1a-infected rats had significantly better hind limb…\n<\/div>\n