Research by Hans Kierstead, PhD @ UC Irvine

Dear Chris and his family,

Here's some initial info as promised. You may find his publications at UCLA's med library next door. Anna may also check out some books for you to read. I am still working on the info of therapy, therapists, support groups, and coping in Southern California.

Dr. Hans Kierstead's research area is:

Primary Research Interests:
The Keirstead laboratory conducts clinically directed research that addresses both axonal regeneration and myelin regeneration following injury to the adult spinal cord

Preventing the phase of secondary degeneration that follows an initial trauma.

Removing growth-inhibitory myelin from the vicinity of an injury site, facilitating axonal regeneration

Transplanting growth-permissive human cell populations into regions of spinal cord injury.

Publications
http://www.ucihs.uci.edu/anatomy/keirsteadpub.html

Yours, Ozge