For work identifying a novel therapeutic target to improve walking after SCI, Newton Cho is the 2025 winner of the Science & PINS Prize for Neuromodulation. The prize rewards innovative research that ...

ALS can eventually affect the lateral motor nerves at all levels across the spinal cord. A 2020 study found that the condition caused the most significant atrophy, or loss of tissue, in the upper ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is an incurable neurological disorder affecting motor ...

A study led by scientists at Case Western Reserve University used stem cells created from ALS patients to target a specific ...

Diagram of the Cervical Spine in a Lateral View. ... The spinal cord exits the skull at the foramen magnum. Bilateral nerve roots emanate from each level above the corresponding vertebral body.

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the lateral hypothalamus (LH) improves walking and promotes recovery in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI), new research showed. This intervention excites ...