New device helps people with spinal cord injuries grasp large, heavy objects
More than 15 million people worldwide are living with spinal cord injury (SCI), which can affect their sensory and motor ...
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Spinal Cord's Hidden Role in Learning Movement
These two sets of neurons take turns. The dorsal neurons help the spinal cord learn a new movement, while the ventral neurons help it remember and perform the movement later.” Simon Lavaud ...
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Grant Boosts Spinal Cord Study for Pain Treatment
A University of Newcastle research team has secured a $940,000 National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Ideas Grant to examine the role of ...
Lincoln doctor’s own experience with spinal cord injury helps him treat patients
A Lincoln doctor who suffered a spinal cord injury now leads a spinal cord injury unit, and tries to be open with his patients about his own injury while helping ...
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Cervical Myelopathy: Cervical Spinal Cord Compression
The goal of surgery is to relieve pressure on the spinal cord by decompressing the spinal canal. There are two main approaches to surgery: the posterior approach, in which a portion of the posterior ...
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Spinal stimulation restored muscles wasted by rare genetic disorder
Three patients with spinal muscular atrophy had improved muscle strength and could walk farther after a month of daily spinal ...