This study investigates changes in spinal excitability using peripheral nerve stimulation. We use the Hoffman reflex (H-reflex) to assess segmental changes following a neuroplasticity-priming ...

How did the bodies of animals, including ours, become such fine-tuned movement machines? How vertebrates coordinate the eternal tug-o-war between involuntary reflexes and seamless voluntary movements ...

Susana Lima, Principal Investigator of CF’s Neuroethology Lab and senior author of the study, said, “The spinal cord isn’t ...

If you have upper motor neuron lesions, you have damage to certain nerve cells that help you move. Medicines and therapy can help control symptoms like muscle spasms and help you walk and talk more ...

Four-limbed vertebrates, known as tetrapods, have two enlarged areas in their spinal cords. The two enlargements have a ...

Stuttgart – A newborn giraffe or foal must learn to walk on its legs as fast as possible to avoid predators. Animals are born with muscle coordination networks located in their spinal cord. However, ...

A British woman’s ordinary yawn turned life-threatening when the force caused fractures in her neck and damaged her spinal cord, leaving her with only a 50 per cent chance of survival. Doctors rushed ...

It’s being called a miracle of modern medicine. A two-year-old boy from Germany who nearly lost his life in a car crash while ...