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Paper- Restricted to Campus Access

Publication Date

4-23-2025

Faculty Mentor

Carlita Favero

Abstract

Globally, more than 15 million people are living with spinal cord injuries (SCI) . Despite these great harms, research has yet to discover a cure. The Perlmutter lab is developing an electrical spinal stimulation protocol, with preliminary findings revealing that stimulation has a significantly greater motor impact on female rodents. Recent findings have identified possible sex differences in SCI recovery, with several studies finding increased recovery in females . We sought to investigate sex differences in recovery using behavioral assays such as the open-field test (OFT) and light-dark box (LDB) as part of an ongoing study exploring effects on recovery of emotional factors, such as chronic pain, depression, and anxiety.

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Presented as part of the Ursinus College Celebration of Student Achievement (CoSA) held April 23, 2025.

The downloadable file is a PowerPoint poster.

This research was completed as part of the Center for Neurotechnology at the University of Washington's Research Experience for Undergraduates, funded by the NSF.

Presented also at the University of Washington's Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium on August 13, 2024.

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