New data from Biogen reveals higher Spinraza doses may enhance motor function in SMA patients. Read more here.

A paradigm shift in the way we treat spinal injuries is now in sight, with the world's first regenerative cell therapy being granted approval for a registrational Phase I clinical trial. It's a ...

Trying to restore bodily functions after spinal cord injuries 05:36. Anderson Cooper: This week on 60 Minutes, we're doing a story about efforts to help people who are paralyzed with severe spinal ...

People with spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease, usually experience muscle weakness that impacts movement. New research suggests that electrical spinal cord stimulation ...

Medicare may cover the implantation of a spinal cord stimulator as a therapy for chronic intractable pain. Chronic intractable pain refers to persistent pain that doesn’t respond to traditional ...

Blake Lively has accused her "It Ends With Us" co-star Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment and a retaliatory smear campaign to cover it. Lively claims that Baldoni, who directed the film ...

The FDA Thursday approved the ARC-EX System designed to restore mobility after spinal cord injury by delivering programmed stimulation via electrodes placed on back of neck.

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This image shows cerebrospinal fluid-contacting neurons genetically labeled with a fluorescent green marker, along the length of a mouse spinal cord. These neurons are found in the ependymal layer ...

Ultraflexible electrodes for recording neural activity in the mouse spinal cord during motor behavior. Cell Reports, 2024; 43 (5): 114199 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114199; ...

But, at the spinal cord, there's a gated entry for the signal to continue on. The pain impulses, which travel along smaller fibers, can open the gate. But, if signals from larger, ...