The spinal implant amplified weak signals from the brain to the damaged part of the spinal column and was boosted further by pre-programmed signals from a computer. BBC News reported how in 2018 ...

Just to leave you with one fact, did you know that in your digestive tract, you have as many neurons, or brain cells, as you have in your spinal column? What are they thinking? (Laughter.) Why do you ...

A spinal cord injury consists of damage to the spinal cord that results from external trauma including accidents, falls and sports-related injuries, rather than a degenerative disease. The effects ...

The cranio-vertrebral joint in fish is like any other intervertebral joint. The head is not any more mobile on the spinal column than any other two vertebrae are on each other. Fish can’t move its ...

Cancers that spread to the spine move to the bone marrow of the vertebral column by way of blood vessels. Spinal cord compression can also occur through direct tumor extension, which is frequently ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare genetic disorder that causes severe muscle weakness. SMA usually affects children, and is typically diagnosed in the first 18 months of life. In its most ...

Spinal Cord is a specialised, international journal that has been publishing spinal cord related manuscripts since 1963. It appears monthly, online and in print, and accepts contributions on ...

Doctors use the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury when determining the classification of injuries. If there is ...

Anthony Magliari has come a long way in his 15 years of rehabilitation. He suffered a spinal cord injury during a motorcycle ...

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A paralysed man with a severed spinal cord has been able to walk again, thanks to an implant developed by a team of Swiss researchers. It is the first time someone who has had a complete cut to ...

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