SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): August 2, 2013 (August 1, 2013)

 


 

Neuralstem, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in Charter)

 

 

Delaware   000-1357459   52-2007292

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

  (Commission File No.)   (IRS Employee Identification No.)

 

9700 Great Seneca Highway,

Rockville, Maryland 20850

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(301) 366-4841

(Issuer Telephone number)

 


 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 8.01.Other Events.

 

On August 1, 2013, Neuralstem, Inc. (“Company”) announced that a paper published in the journal “Cell Transplantation – The Regenerative Medicine Journal,” reported that the Company’s spinal cord-derived neural stem cells, NSI-566, improved cognitive function in rats who’d received radiation to the brain as assessed by two separate cognitive tasks. A copy of the press release is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.01.

 

 

Item 9.01Financial Statement and Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number   Description
     
99.01   Press Release Dated August 1, 2013
     
     
     

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Issuer has duly caused this Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  NEURALSTEM, INC  
         
  By:  

/s/ I. Richard Garr

 
     

I. Richard Garr

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Dated: August 2, 2013

 

 
 

INDEX OF EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit Number   Description
     
99.01   Press Release Dated August 1, 2013