"It is this crushing or compression of the spinal cord that causes the nerve fibers to develop holes in their membranes, which ultimately leads to cell death and separation of the nerve fiber within ...

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 ...

In other words, a non-painful stimulus – like when you rub your shin after walking into a table – can overtake slower pain ...

A novel PET technique that visualizes spinal cord injuries provides critical information about which patients may be able to ...

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 ...

A neurosurgeon and a neuroscientist discover promising new ways to help people with spinal cord injuries walk again ...

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 ...

A novel PET technique that visualizes spinal cord injuries provides critical information about which patients may be ...

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

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

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