The Backbone Architect: Dr. Jacob Rosenstein’s Artistry in Spinal Surgeries At North Texas Neurosurgical Consultants Jon Stojan May 23, 2023 ...

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 ...

Spinal cord stimulation is a good example of a treatment that got ahead of the evidence. Although the devices have been around since the 1960s, we’ve only had reliable trials to test whether ...

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 ...

Spinal cord stimulation, a medical technology suggested to treat people with chronic back pain, does not provide long-term relief and may cause harm, according to a Cochrane Review released today.

Recent evidence points to fibromyalgia as a pain dysregulation disorder, although the causes of altered pain processing in the brain and spinal cord remain elusive. “The reasons for this ...

T.J. Atchinson is first person with a spinal cord injury to undergo procedure. June 2, 2011 -- Dr. Donald Leslie, medical director at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta, has high hopes. "We want to ...

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 ...

Single-cell analysis of innate spinal cord regeneration identifies intersecting modes of neuronal repair. Nature Communications, 2024; 15 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50628-y ...

After recovering from surgery, he went to the lab, where scientists began delivering pulses of electricity to certain nerves in his spinal cord. At first, he felt nothing.

A highly experimental implant that delivers electrical stimulation to the spinal cord has substantially improved mobility for one man with advanced Parkinson’s disease, according to a report ...