Chen Lab
Translational Therapies for Spinal Cord Injury
Developing innovative treatments to improve quality of life for people with spinal cord injury and other central nervous system disorders.
Latest News & Updates
Paper accepted in Journal of Neuroscience
Sensory deficits in mice with lateral spinal cord hemisection mimic the Brown-Séquard syndrome was accepted for publication.
Joseph Sandoval awarded Craig H. Neilsen Foundation funding
Undergraduate researcher Joseph Sandoval received funding from the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation to support his computational locomotion analysis research.
Chen Lab trainees win awards at Mission Connect Symposium
Wei Li won 1st place in the SCI Postdoc/Fellow category and Melissa Henwood won 2nd place in the SCI Graduate Student category at the Dr. Robert G. Grossman Mission Connect Scientific Symposium.
Our Focus
Our research targets the challenges that matter most to people living with spinal cord injury
Motor Recovery
Enhancing KCC2 to unlock spared pathways and restore stepping function
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Restoring autonomic function to improve quality of life
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Understanding and alleviating central neuropathic pain mechanisms
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Preventing excitatory neuron swelling to preserve neural circuits
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Featured Publication
Reduction of prolonged excitatory neuron swelling after spinal cord injury improves locomotor recovery in mice
Science Translational Medicine, 16, eadn7095.