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Credit: Shutterstock and Canva Results of an early trial published this week in the journal Nature Medicine found that people with cervical spinal cord damage showed some improvements both in strength ...

A nderson Cooper: This week on 60 Minutes, we're doing a story about efforts to help people who are paralyzed with severe spinal cord injuries develop the ability to walk again. And not just walk ...

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 ...

Most spinal cord injuries occur in young to middle-aged adults, mostly men. The average age at injury was 29 in the 1970s but rose to 43 in the 2010s. Advertisement ...

Your spinal cord can make its own memories independent of your brain, neuroscientists have found. The discovery opens up new avenues for treating patients in recovery from spinal cord injuries and ...

Single-cell and spatial atlases of spinal cord injury in the Tabulae Paralytica. Nature, 2024; DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07504-y; Cite This Page: MLA; APA; Chicago; Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de ...

Brain scan predicts effectiveness of spinal cord surgery Date: December 3, 2024 Source: Kobe University Summary: A 10-minute brain scan can predict the effectiveness of a risky spinal surgery to ...

Trying to restore bodily functions after spinal cord injuries 05:36. Anderson Cooper: This week on 60 Minutes, we're doing a story about efforts to help people who are paralyzed with severe spinal ...