There are over 15 million people living with spinal cord injury (SCI) worldwide. Experimental treatments using electrical stimulation through the skin may help some patients regain movement, but ...

UT Dallas researchers paired rehab with vagus nerve stimulation to help people with spinal cord injuries regain arm and hand ...

Spinal stenosis means a narrowing of the spinal canal – a space within the spine which protects the spinal cord and nerve roots. Lumbar refers to segment of your spine that contains the five spinal ...

Spinal cord stimulation has been used for more than 50 years treat a variety of chronic pain conditions. Advances in technology and cost effectiveness have made this treatment a viable option to ...

Diseases involving the spinal cord include a heterogeneous group of abnormalities, including those of inflammatory, infectious, neoplastic, vascular, metabolic, and traumatic origin. Making the ...

This week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) approved the global clinical trial to treat spinal cord injury (SCI), which is ...

This ethereal installation is made of polyester cord — some 21,000 lengths of it, streaming down 23 feet from the ceiling of the ICA Watershed, a massive exhibition space at an active shipyard ...

Regeneration of neural tissue is limited following spinal cord injury (SCI). Successful regeneration of injured nerves requires the intrinsic regenerative capability of the neurons and a suitable ...

MILD is used to treat people who have lumbar spinal stenosis. This condition occurs when the spinal cord becomes compressed or pinched. One of the causes of this compression is thickening of a ...

New leads for spinal cord injury: Mapping spinal-projecting neurons in the brain Jan 25, 2024 Researchers develop new method for specializing and purifying human stem cells into interneurons ...

What is an acute spinal cord injury? Your spine is made of many bones called vertebrae. Your spinal cord runs downward through a canal in the center of these bones. The spinal cord is a bundle of ...