Stimulating the spinal cord with low levels of electricity has long been used to treat chronic pain but Capogrosso’s team also has tested it to help people paralysed from strokes or spinal cord ...

The spinal cord is the connection between the brain and all muscles of the body, with the exception of the cranial nerves to the head and neck. The cord is organized into "segments" at each level ...

Daily electrical stimulation of certain nerves in the spinal cord appeared to help three people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), an inherited disorder that causes muscles to waste away.