Journal of Stem Cell Research & Therapy

Visar Belegu

Biography

Visar Belegu  belongs to The International Centre for Spinal Cord Injury, intrested in the field Myelination; Embryonic stem cells (ESCs); Mouse ESCs derived motor neurons; Mouse ESCs derived oligodendrocytes from Hugo Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger Institute, USA

Research Interest

Dr. Belegu’s research interests are centered on understanding the mechanisms that are disrupted after spinal cord injury, and promotion of neurological recovery in patients that are living with spinal cord injury. To achieve the former his lab works with spinal cord injured patients where they use different modalities of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to investigate the changes in the spinal cord and the brain of these patients after spinal cord injury including diffusion tensor imaging and magnetization transfer (for spinal cord imaging), and functional MRI (for brain imaging). In addition, his lab uses clinically relevant models of SCI in mice. To achieve the latter, Dr. Belegu’s lab is focusing on regenerative effects of functional electrical stimulation particularly its effect on endogenous stem cells of the spinal cord.