A driving simulator at Kennedy Krieger Institute is helping spinal cord injury patients rebuild confidence and learn adaptive driving techniques.

Human stem cell-derived neurons repaired breathing circuits and improved respiratory function in injured rats.

A federal judicial panel centralized 49 lawsuits into two manufacturer-specific proceedings, again declining to put all spinal cord stimulator litigation before one judge. The U.S. Judicial Panel on ...

A new study links low vitamin D to severe muscle wasting after spinal cord injury and shows supplementation preserves muscle ...

A robotic suit that lets someone with a spinal-cord injury stand up, look a friend in the eye, or stir a pot on the stove without anyone's help just cleared its biggest hurdle. The US Food and Drug ...

New findings on how neurons find their targets during development provide a potential step forward for understanding how to ...

The brain and spinal cord are the central pillars of the human central nervous system (CNS), orchestrating everything from movement to sensation. Despite significant advances in neuroscience, our ...

Retired Taunton pediatrician Eric J. Ruby, M.D., hosted the 23rd Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day at the Massachusetts State ...

What is the anatomy of the spinal cord? The human spinal cord is a cylindrical structure of nerve tissue that is protected by the spinal column and composed of uniformly organized white and grey ...

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 movements ...