Curcumin promotes functional recovery and inhibits neuronal apoptosis after spinal cord injury through the modulation of autophagy.

Conclusion: Curcumin may exert its therapeutic effect on SCI through the enhancement of autophagy, in which, inhibition of the Akt/mTOR signaling pathway may be also involved. PMID: 31162984 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31162984?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine - June 6, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: J Spinal Cord Med Source Type: research