A motorcycle accident left an Ohio man wheelchair-bound and in constant nerve pain. A small implant — and a lot of ...

A pilot clinical trial found electrical stimulation of the spinal cord is feasible, well-tolerated and shows therapeutic potential to treat depression. Principal investigator Francisco Romo-Nava, MD, ...

Summary: A multinational clinical trial demonstrated that a novel antibody, NG101, successfully preserves existing nerve tissue and accelerates the regression of spinal cord lesions following acute ...

Patients requiring surgery to repair the brain and spinal cord may experience better results due to new research at the Wexner Medical Center. Researchers recently developed a more durable way to ...

Researchers from the University of Bristol have just shared the promising results of a new treatment for spinal cord injuries that could help regenerate nerves and potentially improve patients’ ...

Medtronic's newest spinal cord stimulator, Intellis, was approved in the U.S. last year. Boston Scientific and Abbott have also recently unveiled new systems. Nevro introduced a high-frequency spinal ...

Twenty nine-year-old Hinesh Patel broke his neck and damaged his spine when he fell off a balcony last year. The M.D., Ph.D. student has traveled the world and was super active. He's getting back ...

For many years, researchers have thought that the scar that forms after a spinal cord injury actively prevents damaged neurons from regrowing. In a study of rodents, scientists supported by the ...

After a devastating spinal cord injury, mice’s nerve cells balloon up in size. Some of these neurons stay swollen longer than expected and begin to die, a study published September 25 in Science ...