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 ...

When a person sustains an injury to the spinal cord, the normal communication between the brain and the spinal circuits below the injury are interrupted, resulting in paralysis. Because the brain is ...

Research participant Heather Rendulic prepares to grasp and move a can of tomato soup at Rehab Neural Engineering Labs at the University of Pittsburgh. (Tim Betler/UPMC and University of Pittsburgh ...

Over time, posture improves naturally. Pain decreases. For beginners, simple habits are enough. Small changes work. In the ...

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 motorcycle crash left Michel Roccati with complete lower-body paralysis from a devastating spinal cord injury. That was in 2017. But now, the Italian native is walking again, courtesy of ...

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 ...

Those things sitting at the ends of our arms are pretty useful – some might even say handy – for all sorts of jobs. It's not hard to imagine how difficult it would be to complete the simplest of daily ...

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 ...