In a case report published in the New England Journal of Medicine, doctors explain how they figured out the source of her fiery symptoms—worms burrowing into her brain. By this point, she was alert ...

The Tim and Caroline Reynolds Center for Spinal Stimulation at Kessler Foundation has become the first medical center in New ...

A neurosurgeon and a neuroscientist discover promising new ways to help people with spinal cord injuries walk again ...

In the second world war, the physician Henry Beecher observed that some of his soldier patients, despite being injured on the ...

"The Miami Project and the University of Miami are renowned for their pioneering research in neural interfaces for the ...

A new electrical stimulation therapy for spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) has shown promise in reactivating motor neurons and ...

A new spinal cord implant may help people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) regain some muscle function, giving them stronger movement and improved walking ability, researchers report. In a small, ...

Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger when an implanted device zapped their ...

In a small human trial in SMA patients neurostimulation sessions improved motoneuron function, reduced fatigue, and improved leg muscle strength and walking.

"To counteract neurodegeneration, we need two things—stop neuron death and restore function of surviving neurons," said ...