Browsing College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences by Author "Madigan, Nicolas N."
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Comparison of cellular architecture, axonal growth, and blood vessel formation through cell-loaded polymer scaffolds in the transected rat spinal cord
Madigan, Nicolas N.; Chen, Bingkun K.; Knight, Andrew M.; Rooney, Gemma E.; Sweeney, Eva; Kinnavane, Lisa; Yaszemski, Michael J.; Dockery, Peter; O'Brien, Timothy; McMahon, Siobhan S.; Windebank, Anthony J. (Mary Ann Liebert, 2014-08-08)The use of multichannel polymer scaffolds in a complete spinal cord transection injury serves as a deconstructed model that allows for control of individual variables and direct observation of their effects on regeneration. ... -
GDNF Schwann cells in hydrogel scaffolds promote regional axon regeneration, remyelination and functional improvement after spinal cord transection in rats
Chen, Bingkun K.; Madigan, Nicolas N.; Hakim, Jeffrey S.; Dadsetan, Mahrokh; McMahon, Siobhan S.; Yaszemski, Michael J.; Windebank, Anthony J. (Wiley, 2017-03-10)Positively-charged oligo[poly(ethylene glycol)fumarate] (OPF+) is a biodegradable hydrogel used for spinal cord injury repair. We compared scaffolds containing primary Schwann cells (SCs) to scaffolds delivering SCs ... -
Lentiviral vector delivery of short hairpin RNA to NG2 and neurotrophin-3 promotes locomotor recovery in injured rat spinal cord
Donnelly, Eleanor M.; Madigan, Nicolas N.; Rooney, Gemma E.; Knight, Andrew; Chen, Bingkun; Ball, Bret; Kinnavane, Lisa; Garcia, Yolanda; Dockery, Peter; Fraher, John; Strappe, Padraig M.; Windebank, Anthony J.; O'Brien, Timothy; McMahon, Siobhan S. (Elsevier, 2012-01-08)Background aims. In this study we investigated the effect of neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) and knockdown of NG2, one of the main inhibitory chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPG), in the glial scar following spinal cord injury ... -
Lentiviral vector‐mediated knockdown of the neuroglycan 2 proteoglycan or expression of neurotrophin‐3 promotes neurite outgrowth in a cell culture model of the glial scar
Donnelly, Eleanor M.; Strappe, Padraig M.; McGinley, Lisa M.; Madigan, Nicolas N.; Geurts, Elizabeth; Rooney, Gemma E.; Windebank, Anthony J.; Fraher, John; Dockery, Peter; O'Brien, Timothy; McMahon, Siobhan S. (Wiley, 2010)Background Following spinal cord injury, a highly inhibitory environment for axonal regeneration develops. One of the main sources of this inhibition is the glial scar that is formed after injury by reactive astrocytes. ...