Here is the actual paper: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nature.com&#x2F;ncomms&#x2F;2015&#x2F;151014&#x2F;ncomms9581&#x2F;full&#x2F;ncomms9581.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nature.com&#x2F;ncomms&#x2F;2015&#x2F;151014&#x2F;ncomms9581&#x2F;full&#x2F;nco...</a><p>Coming from medicine I think the title of &quot;medical breakthrough&quot; is too generous. It&#x27;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&#x27;m not a neurosurgeon but I&#x27;m sure the correlation btw Bp and sci outcomes has been looked at before