Here is the actual paper: http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2015/151014/ncomms9581/full/ncomms9581.html http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2015/151014/ncomms9581/full/nco.

Here is the actual paper: http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2015/151014/ncomms9581/full/ncomms9581.html http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2015/151014/ncomms9581/full/nco... Coming from medicine I think the title of "medical breakthrough" is too generous. It's a great proof of concept but all this says is that in rats, high Bp in thoracic spinal cord injuries was associated with worse outcomes. Id like to see a follow up on human data from perioperative Bp recordings next. If it still holds true, then you can research whether an intervention in Bp control makes a difference. I'm not a neurosurgeon but I'm sure the correlation btw Bp and sci outcomes has been looked at before