Scientists from Northwestern University have developed the most sophisticated laboratory model to date for examining spinal cord injuries in humans. They used small, human-made versions of the spinal ...
Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have discovered a molecular switch in neurons that limits the ...
A rare group of neurons can reconnect broken spinal circuits and trigger leg muscle activity after spinal cord injury—a ...
Leading an active lifestyle may increase the likelihood of damaged nerves regenerating after a spinal cord injury. Leading an active lifestyle may increase the likelihood of damaged nerves ...
Today about 300,000 people nationally living with a spinal cord injury and with respiratory complications being the most common cause of illness and death, according to the Christopher & Dana Reeve ...
Each year thousands of patients face life-long losses in sensation and motor function from spinal cord injury and related conditions in which axons are badly damaged or severed. New research in mice ...