People with spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease, usually experience muscle weakness that impacts movement. New research suggests that electrical spinal cord stimulation ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Imagine not being able to grip a pencil, put on socks or hold a cup. That's a reality for people suffering from spinal cord injuries. However, as CBS2's Dr. Max Gomez reported ...

Neuroscientists report that they can inhibit muscle contractions by shining light on spinal cord neurons. The researchers studied mice in which a light-sensitive protein that promotes neural activity ...

Four people with paraplegia are able to voluntarily move previously paralyzed muscles as a result of a novel therapy involving electrical stimulation of the spinal cord, according to a new study. All ...

Many neurological conditions that involve involuntary muscle contractions have long been considered as diseases of the brain. However, both the brain and the spinal cord contain many nerve cells ...

A brain wave decoder is figuring out how people think about moving The decoder interprets brain waves generated by people thinking of movement Through the decoder, those thoughts prompted lower leg ...

image: Ismael Seáñez will lead an interdisciplinary team of Washington University researchers and physicians to understand the changes in the neural circuits that may result in motor function ...

Pulses of electricity delivered to a precise location on the spinal cord have helped two stroke patients regain control of a disabled arm and hand, a team reports in the journal Nature Medicine. The ...

An international team of scientists has used a wireless “brain-spinal interface” to bypass spinal cord injuries in a pair of rhesus macaques, restoring intentional walking movement to a temporarily ...

With the help of electrodes implanted in the brain stem, rats with spinal cord injuries can regain the ability to walk and swim with ease, scientists report October 23 in Science Translational ...

Tissue engineering expert: Study leader Tal Dvir and colleagues have engineered 3D human spinal cord tissues and implanted them in mice with long-term paralysis. (Courtesy: Sagol Center for ...