A research team has developed a way to produce a subset of highly specialised brain neurons that centrally degenerate in motor neuron disease and are damaged in spinal cord injury, laying foundations ...

Researchers have developed a way to grow a highly specialized subset of brain nerve cells that are involved in motor neuron ...

People with spinal cord injuries often lose movement even though their brains still send the right signals. Researchers ...

Silent cells deep in your spinal cord may hold a surprising key to healing after devastating injuries and brain disease. A new study from Cedars-Sinai, reveals that support cells called astrocytes do ...

People with spinal cord injuries often lose some or all their limb function. In most patients, the nerves in their limbs work ...

Machine learning decodes brain signals for paralysis recovery in just one second using sensors placed on scalp not inside ...

The research, which is the second-largest European case study of nitrous oxide-induced SACD, was carried out in Beaumont Hospital by a dedicated team, including Dr Richard Bruen, radiology registrar, ...

Every September, Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month highlights the life-altering impact of an injury to this essential bone in our bodies. Among the most common causes of spinal trauma are auto ...

Most of the patients in the study improved after treatment, but none fully recovered, and all of them were left with some lasting neurological damage ...

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is characterized by the temporary or permanent loss of motion or sensation function caused by damage to the spinal cord. Among the mechanisms behind SCI, neuroinflammation is ...

Cedars-Sinai investigators have discovered a healing mechanism that could one day be harnessed to help treat patients with spinal cord injuries, stroke, and neurological conditions such as multiple ...

Andrews, 32, damaged her spinal cord in June after falling from a fourth-floor balcony at her Riverview apartment, an ...