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The spinal cord is a group of nerves that run along the center of the back and transport signals to and from the brain and the rest of the body. Injuries to the vertebrae, or the disks of bone ...

A lab develops brain wave decoder that may help in spinal cord injury rehabilitation.

When a person sustains an injury to the spinal cord, the normal communication between the brain and the spinal circuits below the injury are interrupted, resulting in paralysis.

Capitalizing on the flexibility of tiny cells inside the body's smallest blood vessels may be a powerful spinal cord repair strategy, new research suggests.