Approximately 308,000 people in the United States live with spinal cord injury. Nearly all lose bladder control. And yet the ...

When the spinal cords of mice and humans are partially damaged, the initial paralysis is followed by the extensive, spontaneous recovery of motor function. However, after a complete spinal cord injury ...

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Researchers created a human spinal cord organoid, injured it, then applied an experimental therapy. What happened next was ...

Injuries in the central nervous system (CNS)—such as those in the spinal cord—trigger glial scar formation, which inhibits nerve regeneration from healthy neurons surrounding the damage. This results ...

The way the human body compensates for a spinal injury appears to result in herky-jerky movement on the muscular level, researchers recently reported in the Journal of NeuroEngineering and ...

A tethered spinal cord cannot move freely in the spinal canal because it is attached to tissues around the spine. The condition is often seen in infants, leading to pain and nerve damage that worsen ...