Three patients with spinal muscular atrophy had improved muscle strength and could walk farther after a month of daily spinal stimulation.

Boosting communication between the spinal nerves and the muscles using the spinal cord stimulation reverses spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) progression and could be applied to other motoneuron diseases, ...

A new drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive loss of neural function in spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease.

Among patients with chronic insomnia, transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation improves sleep quality and is safe and effective.

Hiccups are sudden movements or repeated spasms of the diaphragm that you can’t control. This sudden inhalation is what ...

Neuralink’s brain-computer interface technology also has been discussed for other potential uses, for example, in mental ...

Various diseases can be treated by stimulating the vagus nerve in the ear with electrical signals. However, this technique ...

The nervous system is the body’s direct communication system. It’s made up of the body’s many nerve cells. These cells work together in a network that sends and receives signals from one ...

The authors provide a solid set of data supporting the safety of transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation on cardiovascular parameters in the acute setting of critically ill patients ...

The exact reason for hiccups is a bit of a medical mystery, but what we do know is that hiccups are linked to your nervous system, says Zachary Bittinger, MD. Some cases of hiccup ...

Vagus Nerve Stimulation therapy is a treatment for epilepsy that involves a stimulator (or 'pulse generator') which is connected, inside the body, to the left vagus nerve in the neck. The stimulator ...

Summary: Researchers are making strides in restoring touch sensations to prosthetic limbs through brain stimulation. By using electrodes in the brain’s touch center, they can evoke stable, precise ...