For decades, paralysis from spinal cord injuries has been seen as irreversible. Even advanced brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), like those developed by Elon Musk’s Neuralink, assume that paralyzed ...

A 10-minute brain scan can predict the effectiveness of a risky spinal surgery to alleviate intractable pain. The result gives doctors a much-needed biomarker to discuss with patients considering ...

A new study overturns the traditional view that the brain solely directs male sexual behavior while the spinal cord executes ejaculation.

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the lateral hypothalamus (LH) improves walking and promotes recovery in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI), new research showed. This intervention excites ...

NIH-funded breakthrough could enable targeted therapies for many neurological disorders Research teams funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have created a versatile set of gene delivery ...

The Shepherd Center in Buckhead, Atlanta, is celebrating its 50th anniversary, marking five decades of transforming lives through specialized rehabilitation for brain and spinal cord injuries. Founded ...

With the assistance of a medical team in Chicago, a toddler who was severely injured in a crash and given just days to live ...

Four-limbed vertebrates, known as tetrapods, have two enlarged areas in their spinal cords. The two enlargements have a ...