FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·July 17, 2012·4 min readMusical Glove Improves Sensation, Mobility for People with Spinal Cord InjuryGeorgia Tech researchers have created a wireless, musical glove that may improve sensation and motor skills for people with paralyzing spinal cord injury (SCI).Read More
FeaturedNeurology·January 24, 2013·3 min readDoctors Perform First FDA Approved Schwann Cell Transplant in Patient with New Spinal Cord InjuryDoctors performed the first-ever FDA approved Schwann cell transplantation in a patient with a new spinal cord injury. The procedure is a Phase 1 clinical trial designed to evaluate the safety and feasibility of transplanting the patient’s own Schwann cells.Read More
Featured·February 8, 2013·3 min readResearchers Describe Technology that Lets Spinal Cord Injured Man Control Robot Arm with ThoughtsResearchers describe how an electrode array sitting on top of the brain enabled a 30-year-old paralyzed man to control the movement of a character on a computer screen in three dimensions with just his thoughts. It also enabled him to move a robot arm to touch a friend’s hand for the first time in the seven years.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 7, 2013·3 min readScientists Identify Clue to Regrowing Nerve CellsResearchers have identified a chain reaction which triggers the regrowth of some damaged nerve cell branches. The finding could someday help improve treatments for nerve injuries which can cause loss of sensation or paralysis.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 6, 2013·3 min readQuadriplegics at Risk for Serious Sleep Breathing DisorderQuadriplegics have a heightened risk of central sleep apnea, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·February 26, 2014·2 min readMysterious Polio Like Illness Found in Between 20 to 25 California ChildrenResearchers have identified a polio-like syndrome in a group of five California based children over a one year period.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 4, 2014·2 min readLight Activated Neurons from Stem Cells Restore Function to Paralysed MusclesResearchers use optogenetics to restore function to paralyzed muscles.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·April 8, 2014·9 min readSpinal Stimulation Helps 4 Patients with Paraplegia Regain Voluntary MovementFour paraplegic patients are now able to voluntarily move previously paralyzed muscles, thanks to a new treatment which involves electrical stimulation of the spinal cord.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·June 12, 2014·3 min readWith the Right Rehabilitation Paralyzed Rats Learn to Grip AgainRats that were paralyzed down one side by a stroke almost managed to regain their motor functions fully if they were given the ideal combination of rehabilitative training and substances that boosted the growth of nerve fibers, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·June 24, 2014·3 min readNew Device Allows Brain to Bypass Spinal Cord and Move Paralyzed LimbsA new electronic neural bypass device allows a paralyzed man to move his fingers and hand.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·August 14, 2014·3 min readBypass Commands From the Brain to Legs Through a ComputerResearchers have successfully made an artificial connection from the brain to the locomotion center in the spinal cord by bypassing with a computer interface.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 24, 2014·4 min readFrom Rats to Humans: Project NEUWalk Closer to Clinical TrialsBy electrically stimulating the severed part of the spinal cord, researchers were able to make a completely paralyzed rat walk over obstacles.Read More