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 ...

A lab develops brain wave decoder that may help in spinal cord injury rehabilitation. When a person sustains an injury to the spinal cord, the normal communication between the brain and the spinal ...

A novel way to reverse paralysis. Researchers at the Swiss Federal Technology Institute call it a major milestone in the treatment of spinal cord injuries. By applying deep brain stimulation to the ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, often debilitating autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS).

Scientists at Cedars-Sinai have uncovered a surprising repair system in the spinal cord that could open new doors for treating paralysis, stroke, and diseases like multiple sclerosis. They found that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Signals recorded by an EEG device could be routed to a spinal cord stimulator, allowing paralyzed patients to regain more precise ...

Research teams funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have created a versatile set of gene delivery systems that can reach different neural cell types in the human brain and spinal cord ...

Researchers found that very small numbers of gut bacteria can translocate to the brain in mice, particularly when gut barrier ...

An individual may become completely paralyzed because of any number of accidents that interfere with the functioning of the nerves in their body. People who have lost the ability to walk due to spinal ...