Return of Function after Spinal Cord Transection has been a perennial problem. In the 1950s and 1960s the Russians reported success in Man using Trypsin and other agents. The reports made great ...

Neurogenic bladder dysfunction, such as detrusor muscle hyperactivity and dyssynergia with the external urethral sphincter (EUS), are common long-term consequences affecting the wellbeing of patients ...

Neurological functions following spinal cord injury have generally been assessed using the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) impairment scale. However, the scale primarily evaluates motor ...

Using a novel technique to promote the regeneration of nerve cells across the site of severe spinal cord injury, researchers have restored bladder function in paralyzed adult rats, according to a new ...

A paraplegic patient from East China’s Zhejiang Province is now able to stand and walk independently after undergoing China’s first closed-loop spinal cord neural interface surgery recently, marking a ...

A scientist who chose to ignore the mainstream nearly 30 years ago has found a new way to regenerate nerves in the spinal cord, at least in animals. A drug that Jerry Silver, a professor of ...

Long-term treatment with gabapentin, a commonly prescribed drug for nerve pain, could help restore upper limb function after a spinal cord injury, new research in mice suggests. Long-term treatment ...

A new drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive loss of neural function in spinal ...

US scientists say they have made progress in repairing spinal cord injuries in paralysed rats. Rats regained some bladder control after surgery to transplant nerve cells into the spinal cord, combined ...

(Reuters Health) - - Doctors in Shanghai say they have made paralyzed arms useful again by surgically swapping a nerve coming out of the spinal cord. A year after the surgery, "the paralyzed arm ...