Spinal cord stimulation can reduce pain and restore nerve function among patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy.

Directly applying red-light therapy to a damaged spinal cord protects and regenerates nerve cells, leading to a return of motor and sensory function, according to new research. The treatment could ...

In an official statement released by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, researchers stated that the new hydrogel boosts nerve regrowth following spinal cord injury in animals.

In a new clinical study, researchers from the Texas Biomedical Device Center (TxBDC) at The University of Texas at Dallas demonstrated unprecedented rates of recovery for spinal cord injuries.

In this study, published in the prestigious journal Nature on May 21, individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury safely received a combination of stimulation of a nerve in the neck with ...

There are 31 pairs of spinal nerves, forming nerve roots that branch from your spinal cord, but only 30 dermatomes. Your spinal nerves help to relay sensory, motor, and autonomic information ...

This is why spinal cord injuries disrupt the flow of information between the brain and other body parts. It’s like the internet, but for nerve signals. The spinal cord is a bundle of nerves ...

People with incomplete cervical spinal cord injuries showed improvements to their hand and arm movements after receiving a targeted form of vagus nerve stimulation ...

Tethered spinal cord syndrome is a rare neurological disorder where the spinal cord is attached, or tethered, to the tissues around the spine. This tethering of the spinal cord restricts its ...

A spinal cord injury is a life-altering event. The nerves inside the spinal cord have been damaged, therefore interrupting the flow of information from the brain to the body. For some patients, this ...