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

Boosting communication between the spinal nerves and the muscles using the spinal cord stimulation reverses spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) progression and could be applied to other motoneuron diseases, ...

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- A new spinal cord implant may help people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) ...

A new drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive loss of neural function in spinal ... stimulation of the sensory spinal nerves, can gradually reawaken ...

Daily electrical stimulation of certain nerves in the spinal ... McCullough's legs regained some function. He could walk a ...

The brain is the command center for your body, and the spinal cord is the pathway for messages sent by the brain to the body and from the body to the brain. The peripheral nervous system is the ...

In a small human trial in SMA patients neurostimulation sessions improved motoneuron function, reduced fatigue, and improved leg muscle strength and walking.

This study assessed the long-term outcome of spinal cord surgery ... as distal arm and hand function recovered. Here we describe the assessment of hand, nerve and sensorimotor cortex activity ...

cranial and spinal nerves, autonomic ganglia, and plexuses). A comprehensive atlas of the human hypothalamus, a brain region that regulates many bodily functions, including temperature ...

This allows a person to use their body to interact with their surrounding environment and control their body functions ... canal of the spine. It includes the nerves in the brain and spinal ...