Stroke and spinal cord injuries can severely impair motor functions, and understanding how to promote recovery is a critical challenge. While damaged neurons in the brain and spinal cord have limited ...

Electrical stimulation of the spinal cord, such as following a spinal cord injury, has made great strides in recent years.

For decades, paralysis after spinal cord injury was largely treated as permanent. Patients might regain limited function through rehabilitation, adaptive devices or physical therapy, but once movement ...

Summary: A multinational clinical trial demonstrated that a novel antibody, NG101, successfully preserves existing nerve tissue and accelerates the regression of spinal cord lesions following acute ...

Our movements are controlled by multiple neural pathways that connect the brain and spinal cord. In particular, neurons in the cerebral cortex send commands to the motor neurons in the spinal cord and ...

A new framework redefines spinal cord injury as a systems-level disruption of the brain–body–environment loop, requiring ...

A tethered spinal cord cannot move freely in the spinal canal because it is attached to tissues around the spine. The condition is often seen in infants, leading to pain and nerve damage that worsen ...

Like an army besieged is the human body. Around it lie fortifications of epidermis. Microbic attackers which penetrate this wall are pounced on by battalions of defenders in the blood and lymph. But ...