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·December 14, 2010·4 min read

Feeling Robotic Arms Improves Brain Machine Interfaces

Proprioception feedback of a robotic arm helped improve the performance of monkeys using brain machine interfaces to control a computer cursor. When the monkeys were fit with exoskeletons that provided arm movements synchronized with the cursor movement, control of the cursor improved by 40%.

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·November 14, 2016·3 min read

Fetal Movement Essential for Neuron Development in Rats

Spontaneous limb and body movements of newborn rats serve to synchronize spinal neurons, researchers report.

Human embryonic stem cell therapy possibilities are listed on the image of a man.

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·October 11, 2010·5 min read

First Clinical Trial of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Therapy in the World Begins

Human embryonic stem cell therapy is being tried on a human for the first time in a new clinical trial....

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·May 30, 2012·1 min read

Fish Study Raises Hope for Spinal Injury Repair

Scientists have unlocked the secrets of the zebrafish’s ability to heal its spinal cord after injury, in research that could...

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·May 26, 2018·4 min read

Frontal Lobe Implicated in Chronic Pain

A new study reveals, in rodents, some spinal pain begins in the frontal cortex. Researchers say the findings could help in the development of new treatments for chronic pain.

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·July 16, 2012·2 min read

Gene Therapy Treatment Extends Lives of Mice with Fatal Disease, Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Mice born with Spinal Muscular Atrophy typically only live five to six days. University of Missouri researchers introduced the SMN gene into the mice’s central nervous systems and were able to extend their lives 10-25 days longer.

This shows Nociceptive (pain-sensing) neurons.

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·August 27, 2015·4 min read

Glial Cells Use Lipids to Control Positioning of Sensory Neurons in the Spinal Cord

A new study reports glial cells use lipids to direct neuron organization in the spinal cord.

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·September 19, 2016·4 min read

Glutamate Plays Previously Unknown Role in Neuromuscular Development

A new study looks at the role glutamate plays in neuromuscular development.

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·February 7, 2017·4 min read

Handedness Arises From Genes in the Spinal Cords of Embryos

Researchers report genes that exhibit the greatest left-right differences in embryos are also implicated in an increased risk of developing schizophrenia.

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·November 27, 2018·2 min read

Hidden Region in Human Brain Discovered

Researchers have identified a hidden region in the human brain near the spinal cord junction. The discovery of the Endorestiform Nucleus may help advance treatments for Parkinson's disease, researchers report.

This shows tyrobp expression in cells from the spinal cord in ALS

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·April 7, 2019·5 min read

How ALS progresses on genetic and cellular level revealed by high-res spinal cord study

Changes in gene expression help researchers identify ALS associated pathways and establish the key drivers of motor neuron degeneration in the disease.