In tests using rat models, the researchers successfully ... spinal cord injuries where communication between the brain and spinal cord had been completely interrupted. Most current approaches ...

HydraDAO-backed scientists report rapid spinal repair in rats using a PEG-chitosan-based treatment, reviving mobility within ...

The brain and spinal cord are your body’s central nervous system. The brain is the command center for your body, and the spinal cord is the pathway for messages sent by the brain to the body and from ...

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

Your brain, spinal cord, and nerves are the main parts of your nervous system. Important messages travel back and forth from your brain. They travel through your spinal cord and out to nerves that ...

Because the spinal cord transmits sensations to the brain from all over the body, the position of the leads is adjusted so that the patients feel the stimulation at the site of the pain.

In most vertebrates, painful sensations are known to arise from the nervous system, which includes the brain, an intricate network of nerves and the spinal cord. While the brain's contribution to ...

"This finding goes beyond spinal cord injury -- it has implications in brain injury and stroke, and neurodegenerative diseases as well." The work underscores how important blood vessel restoration ...