The present invention provides a therapeutic agent for nerve damages such as those caused by spinal cord injury or nerve trauma, which includes, as an active ingredient, a low-molecular-weight saccharide composed of at least glucuronic acid and/or N-acetylglucosamine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present invention also provides a therapeutic agent for nerve damages which includes, as an active ingredient, preferably a low-molecular-weight hyaluronic acid, more preferably hyaluronic acid disaccharide to hyaluronic acid 2,500-saccharide, further more preferably hyaluronic acid disaccharide to hyaluronic acid 50-saccharide, much more preferably hyaluronic acid tetrasaccharide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.