May 2 (UPI) --A system that maps critical brain-to-spinal cord nerve connections offers hope for paralyzed people to regain movement in forelimbs, according to a study. Researchers at Cincinnati ...

Spinal interneurons (blue) show synaptic connections (in green) with corticospinal axons (red). Researchers report in Cell Reports the mapping of critical nerve connections to the spine that drive ...

The p53 Pathway Controls SOX2-Mediated Reprogramming in the Adult Mouse Spinal Cord. Cell Reports, 2016; 17 (3): 891 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.09.038 ...

Dr. Zhang's lab focuses on glial cells, the most abundant non-neuronal type of cells in the central nervous system. Glial cells support nerve cells in the spinal cord and form scar tissue in ...

A procedure in which working nerves are rerouted to paralyzed muscles has shown improvements in hand and arm function, giving patients with spinal cord injury "a whole new realm of independence." ...

A team of scientists at UCSF has made a critical discovery that may help in the development of techniques to promote functional recovery after a spinal cord injury. By stimulating nerve cells in ...

"Scientists map key brain-to-spinal cord nerve connections for voluntary movement." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 2 May 2018. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2018 / 05 / 180502104038.htm>.

To map this connectivity in the current study, the scientists study these circuits in laboratory mice—taking advantage of similar corticospinal connections in primates, cats, and rodents.