Over the course of 40 days, the cells within the organoid self-organized into structures that resembled the early stages of brain and spinal cord development in a human embryo.

This new model, in contrast, recapitulates the development of all three sections of embryonic brain and spinal cord simultaneously—something that has not been achieved in previous models. While ...

Likewise, robotics allows biologists to test theories about how complex systems like the spinal cord might work and provide insight into how the first amphibians moved from the sea to the land.

More information: Sara Goltash et al, An optogenetic mouse model of hindlimb spasticity after spinal cord injury, Experimental Neurology (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2025.115157 ...

The two have been participating in the UAB Spinal Cord Injury Model System (SCIMS) research project for 50 years. The SCIMS was established in 1970 as a prospective longitudinal multicenter study on ...

In the study, researchers compared medium and high single doses of ExoPTEN, administered minimally-invasively on the day of spinal cord compression surgery, to a control group that received ...