Through experiments in their lab with 17 human subjects without a spinal cord injury ... The team used a special cap fitted with noninvasive electrodes that measure brain activity through ...

A Swiss research center is trying to use innovative technology to help restore bodily functions for paralyzed patients—and ...

The two have been participating in the UAB Spinal Cord Injury Model System (SCIMS) research project for 50 years. The SCIMS was established in 1970 as a prospective longitudinal multicenter study on ...

The nervous system consists of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous system (motor nerves, sensory nerves, cranial and spinal nerves, autonomic ganglia ...

A life-changing therapy being used at a small rehabilitation clinic in suburban Chicago is giving new hope to people with spinal cord injuries. Next Steps Chicago in Willow Springs is a non-profit ...

For over a decade, UofL’s pediatric neurorecovery program, led by Dr. Andrea Behrman, has transformed the lives of children recovering from spinal cord injuries, growing from serving one child ...

The connection between breathing and our nervous system represents one of the body’s most remarkable biological relationships. While most autonomic functions—like heart rate, digestion ...

Anamniotes (that is, lower vertebrates) such as fish and salamanders can undergo not only axon regrowth, but also new neurogenesis after brain and spinal cord injury. Frogs lose this ability ...

2019). The sounds of nature have been shown to calm the human nervous system and help us relax, and there’s something quietly reassuring about birdsong. While volume, frequency, familiarity ...

But at 16, she she suffered a rare spinal cord stroke, leaving her paralyzed ... has to offer , from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Demi adds, “It’s not even in ...

The influenza virus manipulates the body's gene regulation system to accelerate its own spread, according to researchers at the University of Gothenburg. Their study also shows that an already ...