Gregory Barriere (CPGs Team)and Jérôme Badaut (BMI Team) are the coordinators of the TRAINS consortium (Time dependent Remote Alterations after Injury to the Nervous System) recently awarded a 1.2 million Euros ERA-NET grant.
The TRAINS consortium comprises internationally recognized experts in the field of brain and spinal cord injury from 5 countries.
The consortium is composed by 6 teams from 5 countries:
Drs Barrière and Badaut from Bordeaux (France)
Pr. Selmaj from Lodz (Poland)
Drs Dambrova & Zvejniece from (Latvia).
Dr Plesnila from Munich (Germany)
Dr Schwartz from Rehovot (Israel)
Dr Gressens from Paris (France)
Injury to the brain and/or the spinal cord results in long-term sensory and motor deficits in patients. Traditionally it was believed that these impairments are solely caused by initial local brain/spinal cord damage. However, an increasing body of evidence now indicates that in addition to these acute local changes, distant areas of the central nervous system connected to the primarily injured area are also critically affected. The six teams will join their effort in an integrative approach to unravel the mechanisms resulting in the remote changes after CNS injury, and to explore novel therapeutic strategies aimed at preventing long-term functional deficits following traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries.
