In a new study, Gauthier was surgically implanted with an experimental spinal cord neuroprosthesis to correct walking disorders in people with Parkinson’s disease.

A man with Parkinson’s disease has regained the ability to walk after physicians implanted a small device into his spinal cord that sends signals to his legs. “I can now walk with much more ...

The latest study results have been published online in the renowned "The Lancet Neurology" journal. A multi-centre clinical trial (NISCI trial: Nogo-A Inhibition in acute Spinal Cord Injury Study ...

Closed-loop vagus nerve stimulation aids recovery from spinal cord injury. Nature, 2025; DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09028-5 ...

Alexa Alexander said she turned to spinal cord stimulation in 2023 after exhausting nearly every other option for her severe back pain. "In 2023, I had a horrible back issue.

Paralyzed man can walk again after scientific breakthrough A 40-year-old man whose legs were paralyzed in a cycling accident 12 years ago can walk again thanks to implants in his brain and spinal ...

A high school dancer had her life changed forever when she suffered a spinal cord stroke last year, leaving her paralyzed from the neck down. Elle Yona, 17, from Miami was doing backflips at a ...

Tethered Cord: (Left) T2-weighted sagittal MRI; (Right) T1-weighted sagittal MRI. Note that the spinal cord ends at the L4-L5 level. This is a tethered cord. The spinal cord in adults normally ...

The spinal cord in adults normally terminates at the caudal level of the L1 vertebral body. A tethered spinal cord occurs when the cord becomes abnormally attached to tissue within the spinal canal, ...