In tests on rats, researchers at Johns Hopkins and the University of Michigan have developed a treatment that helps spinal cord nerves regrow after injury.

Researchers in New Zealand have demonstrated a minimally invasive technology that has effectively aided in restoring movement ...

A team of researchers at Rowan University has developed an injectable biomaterial that could significantly improve recovery ...

Nerves look blue in the reconstructed view of a genetically engineered mouse (left) whose neurons produce a fluorescent ...

“Five years ago, we demonstrated that nerve fibers can be regenerated across anatomically complete spinal cord injuries,” said Mark Anderson, senior author of the study.

Your spinal cord is the tube that runs from the base of your brain to the bottom of your spine. It houses the nerves that send messages back and forth between your brain and body. Tumors can grow ...

Humans and other animal species can experience many types of pain throughout the course of their lives, varying in intensity, ...

Specifically, the condition affects the nerve fibers that relay information from the cerebral cortex to the spinal cord. These fibers are critical for hand, arm, and leg movements.

A misdirected inflammatory response damages nerve cells of a protective coating called myelin. Myelin coats the nerve fibers from the brain, along the spinal cord, and throughout the body.

Treating SCI is difficult because the spinal cord has limited ability to heal itself and damage to the spinal cord often disrupts the complex network of nerves that control movement and sensation.

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and the University of Auckland in New Zealand have developed a groundbreaking bioelectric implant that restores movement in rats after ...