This includes motor commands and sensory information. The spinal cord also helps coordinate your reflexes. The spinal cord is ...

The brain and spinal cord are the central pillars of the human central nervous system (CNS), orchestrating everything from movement to sensation. Despite significant advances in neuroscience ...

Sep. 4, 2024 — Researchers have designed, in mice, an approach to minimizing the damage from a spinal cord injury through the use of engineered immune cells. Mice given the treatment had ...

"We first set out to understand why valproate causes spinal cord malformations in fetuses," Dr. Pietrogrande said. "To do this we created organoids—human mini-spinal cords in a dish—that ...

Onward Medical has successfully implanted a second patient with a brain-computer interface (BCI) system to restore lower limb ...

Spinal cord compression (SCC) occurs in 5% to 30% of the oncology population and affects patient function, comfort, and general quality of life. Patients with lung cancer, breast cancer ...

A drug called bumetanide, which is used to treat edema in people, reduced this cellular swelling and resulting cell death in mice. Mice given the drug after an injury were better able to move their ...

Novel immunotherapy improves recovery from spinal cord injury Mouse study shows engineered immune cell therapy protects damaged neurons Date: September 4, 2024 Source: Washington University School ...

Here, using single-cell RNA sequencing, we demonstrated the clonal expansion of mouse and human spinal cord injury-associated T cells and identified that CD4+ T cell clones in mice exhibit antigen ...

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 ...

Over the next nine years, Christopher, with the constant support and help of his wife, Dana Reeve, vigorously pursued a cure and pushed for more treatments for spinal cord injuries. The Reeves ...