Certain spinal cord lesions in people with MS show damage to nerve fibers despite having preserved myelin content, a possible ...

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When a person sustains an injury to the spinal cord, the normal communication between the brain and the spinal circuits below the injury is interrupted, resulting in paralysis. Because the brain ...

The 70-year-old was rushed to Leeds General Infirmary by ambulance, where he got an MRI scan. Syed said: “I had broken my neck in three places and had a partial spinal cord injury. My right side ...

Scientists at UC San Diego are looking into the body's healing mechanisms for clues on recovery from spinal cord injury. A new study by researchers in the Department of Neurobiology (School of ...

A lab develops brain wave decoder that may help in spinal cord injury rehabilitation.

In mouse experiments, scientists introduced a specific type of recombinant protein to the site of a spinal cord injury where these cells, called pericytes, had flooded the lesion zone. Once exposed to ...

When a person sustains an injury to the spinal cord, the normal communication between the brain and the spinal circuits below the injury are interrupted, resulting in paralysis. Because the brain is ...