A new electrical stimulation therapy for spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) has shown promise in reactivating motor neurons and ...

Nerve cells in the spinal cord do not regenerate easily and scar tissue forms quickly, blocking the regrowth of nerve fibers. Current treatments for SCI focus on managing symptoms, preventing further ...

Boosting communication between the spinal nerves and the muscles using the spinal cord stimulation reverses spinal muscle ...

Spinal cord injuries, nerve damage from a stroke ... type of immune cell in mice that triggers repair and regrowth of nerve fibers. These special healing cells are in our own bone marrow and ...

New research suggests that electrical spinal cord stimulation could improve muscle function for patients who have spinal ...

An intervention, which involves electrical stimulation of the sensory spinal nerves, can gradually reawaken functionally silent motor neurons in the spinal cord and improve leg muscle strength and ...

Daily electrical stimulation of certain nerves in the spinal cord appeared to help three people with spinal muscular atrophy ...

Boosting communication between the spinal nerves and the muscles using the spinal cord stimulation reverses ... inputs from sensory nerves -- fibers that return the information from skin and ...