News tagged with cord injuries

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Montpellier team turns tables on robot-human interactions (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Robots have entered a newer phase of serving, not obeying. for use in medical settings. Chapter one in robotics history encouraged a perception of clever little machines skating around with ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Humble worm helps Queensland and US scientists in nerve research

Australian and US scientists have developed a new technology for studying the genetics of a common roundworm used to understand nerve development and nerve degeneration.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists make paralyzed rats walk again after spinal-cord injury

UCLA researchers have discovered that a combination of drugs, electrical stimulation and regular exercise can enable paralyzed rats to walk and even run again while supporting their full weight on a treadmill.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 20, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (24) | comments 3

In breakthrough, nerve connections are regenerated after spinal cord injury

Researchers for the first time have induced robust regeneration of nerve connections that control voluntary movement after spinal cord injury, showing the potential for new therapeutic approaches to paralysis and other motor ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (35) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

A brain-recording device that melts into place

Scientists have developed a brain implant that essentially melts into place, snugly fitting to the brain's surface. The technology could pave the way for better devices to monitor and control seizures, and ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 18, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers show brain waves can 'write' on a computer in early tests

Neuroscientists at the Mayo Clinic campus in Jacksonville, Fla., have demonstrated how brain waves can be used to type alphanumerical characters on a computer screen. By merely focusing on the "q" in a matrix of letters, ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (18) | comments 3

Research uncovers extensive natural recovery after spinal cord injury

A study led by researchers in the Department of Neurosciences at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine shows unexpected and extensive natural recovery after spinal cord injury in primates. ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers use brain interface to post to Twitter (w/Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- In early April, Adam Wilson posted a status update on the social networking Web site Twitter -- just by thinking about it.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (12) | comments 3

Tongue drive system goes inside the mouth to improve performance and user comfort

The Tongue Drive System is getting less conspicuous and more capable. Tongue Drive is a wireless device that enables people with high-level spinal cord injuries to operate a computer and maneuver an electrically ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers program cells to be remote-controlled by light

(PhysOrg.com) -- UCSF researchers have genetically encoded mouse cells to respond to light, creating cells that can be trained to follow a light beam or stop on command like microscopic robots.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Findings show nanomedicine promising for treating spinal cord injuries

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Purdue University have discovered a new approach for repairing damaged nerve fibers in spinal cord injuries using nano-spheres that could be injected into the blood shortly ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Regeneration can be achieved after chronic spinal cord injury

Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that regeneration of central nervous system axons can be achieved in rats even when treatment delayed is more than a year after the original ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 4

Stem cells restore mobility in neck-injured rats (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first human embryonic stem cell treatment approved by the FDA for human testing has been shown to restore limb function in rats with neck spinal cord injuries - a finding that could expand the clinical ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Researchers overcome major obstacle for stem cell therapies and research

Stem cells show great potential to enable treatments for conditions such as spinal injuries or Lou Gehrig's disease, and also as research tools. One of the greatest problems slowing such work is that researchers have found ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers probe nervous system repair

(PhysOrg.com) -- In humans, regeneration of the peripheral nervous system after injury remains a hit-or-miss affair, while brain and spinal cord damage usually results in lifelong disabilities.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 30, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast