A lab develops brain wave decoder that may help in spinal cord injury rehabilitation. When a person sustains an injury to the spinal cord, the normal communication between the brain and the spinal ...

Spinal cord injury (SCI) remains a major unmet medical challenge, often resulting in permanent paralysis and disability with ...

Thiorphan promotes neural regeneration after a spinal cord injury, according to new research published in Nature on Oct. 29.

Neuroscientists discover a pathway to restore mobility, leveraging deep brain stimulation to activate key neurons and enable walking recovery for individuals with spinal cord injuries. Study: ...

In 2006, Wolfgang Jäger was in his 30s when a skiing accident left the young Austrian wheelchair-bound from a spinal cord injury. Fast-forward to today, where an innovative deep-brain stimulation ...

Researchers identified a protein in mouse models that acts as a brake on myelin production, which could be a target for new MS treatments.

Two patients with spinal injuries have seen improvements in their ability to walk again, thanks to deep brain stimulation (DBS). Intriguingly, the therapy targets a region of the brain that normally ...

Research teams have created a versatile set of gene delivery systems that can reach different neural cell types in the human brain and spinal cord with exceptional accuracy. These delivery systems are ...

In a case that doctors have called "unbelievably rare," four sisters from West Virginia were diagnosed with the same brain and spinal condition known as Chiari malformation.