The spinal cord is harder to access and study than even the brain. The challenges posed by its mobility and anatomical structure have made understanding exactly how it functions difficult. Rice ...
A breakthrough from the University of Cambridge is offering new hope for one of medicine’s most stubborn challenges: ...
Spinal cord injuries are devastating, typically resulting in lifelong neurologic deficits. The spinal cord exhibits limited functional repair despite the presence of endogenous ependymal stem cells ...
Researchers in the Neuromechatronics Lab at Carnegie Mellon University have already proven that spinal cord stimulation can ...
Spinal cord injuries cause permanent paralysis in part because inflammation, cell death, and glial scarring block nerve regeneration, and there has been no reliable human tissue model to test ...
Injury to the spinal cord triggers a cascade of biological events that unfold within seconds and that proceed for months or even years. The events affect three major bodily systems: the nervous system ...
A new study maps out a detailed atlas of all the cells involved in regenerating the zebrafish spinal cord. In an unexpected finding, the researchers showed that survival and adaptability of the ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DTRAX X-ray (photo credit: COURTESY SAMSON ASSUTA ASHDOD MEDICAL CENTER) Tel Aviv University announced on Wednesday that the ...