Researchers in New Zealand have demonstrated a minimally invasive technology that has effectively aided in restoring movement ...

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and the University of Auckland in New Zealand have developed a groundbreaking bioelectric implant that restores movement in rats after ...

The strength of motor connectivity to the first dorsal interosseus muscle achieved a three-fold increase among the 10 trial participants with cervical chronic spinal cord injury who received the ...

Tiny, zapping implant gives spinal cord injury survivors new hope UT Dallas researchers paired rehab with vagus nerve stimulation to help people with spinal cord injuries regain arm and hand mobility.

These results suggest that neural coordination across gap junctions is important in motor-pattern generation in the mammalian spinal cord.

Rats exhibit significant recovery of locomotor function following incomplete spinal cord injuries, albeit with altered gait expression and reduced speed and stepping frequency. These changes likely ...

When a person sustains an injury to the spinal cord, the normal communication between the brain and the spinal circuits below the injury is interrupted, resulting in paralysis.

Spinal cord injury articles from across Nature Portfolio A spinal cord injury consists of damage to the spinal cord that results from external trauma including accidents, falls and sports-related ...

Spinal cord compression produces edema, inflammation, and mechanical compression, which causes direct neural injury to the cord, as well as vascular damage and impairment of oxygenation.

Dengler said the surgery isn’t a well-known option for spinal cord patients but is hoping to change that through greater awareness. She notes there has been some hesitation on the clinician side.

Medicare Part B may cover the cost of spinal cord stimulator therapy when it is medically necessary for chronic intractable pain. Learn more.

A groundbreaking implant developed at UTD is helping spinal injury patients regain movement and independence.