Spinal cord is 'smarter' than previously thought
We often think of our brains as being at the centre of complex motor function and control, but how 'smart' is your spinal cord?
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We often think of our brains as being at the centre of complex motor function and control, but how 'smart' is your spinal cord?
Feb 11, 2019
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Neurons in the brain and spinal cord don't grow back after injury, unlike those in the rest of the body. Cut your finger, and you'll probably be back to using it in days or weeks; slice through your spinal cord, and you likely ...
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Most people simply take ibuprofen when they get a headache. But for someone with hydrocephalus—a potentially life-threatening condition in which excess fluid builds up in the brain—a headache can indicate a serious problem ...
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Brain-computer interfaces, or BCIs, represent relatively recent advances in neurotechnology that allow computer systems to interact directly with human or animal brains. This technology is particularly promising for use in ...
Five years after he was paralysed in a snowmobile accident, a man in the US has learned to walk again aided by an electrical implant, in a potential breakthrough for spinal injury sufferers.
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Most people with spinal cord injury are paralyzed from the injury site down, even when the cord isn't completely severed. Why don't the spared portions of the spinal cord keep working? Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital ...
Jul 19, 2018
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Spinal cord injuries are among the most severe and difficult-to-treat medical conditions, usually resulting in permanent disability including loss of muscle function, sensation and autonomic functions. Medical research is ...
Recovery after severe spinal cord injury is notoriously fraught, with permanent paralysis often the result. In recent years, researchers have increasingly turned to stem cell-based therapies as a potential method for repairing ...
May 23, 2018
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Researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences identified a new way to make opioids safer, increasing the pain-relieving properties of opioids while decreasing unwanted side effects through the spinal inhibition ...
Jul 16, 2024
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Implantable technologies have significantly improved our ability to study and even modulate the activity of neurons in the brain, but neurons in the spinal cord are harder to study in action.
Jul 11, 2024
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