News tagged with peripheral nerve injuries
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
Mar 30, 2011 |
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Study shows benefits of electrical stimulation therapy for people paralyzed by spinal cord injury
A new treatment approach which uses tiny bursts of electricity to reawaken paralyzed muscles "significantly" reduced disability and improved grasping in people with incomplete spinal cord injuries, beyond ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 17, 2011 |
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Numbness, tingling or pain in arms and hands? Peripheral nerve damage could be the culprit
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ignoring persistent pain and disturbing bouts of tingling or numbness in your arms, elbow and hands won't make the problem go away: It's more likely to worsen conditions that are very treatable.
Oct 28, 2010 |
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Optical interface to link robotic limbs, human brain
Lightning-fast connections between robotic limbs and the human brain may be within reach for injured soldiers and other amputees with the establishment of a multimillion-dollar research center led by Southern ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 09, 2010 |
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Lab-grown nerves promote nerve regeneration after injury
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have engineered transplantable living nerve tissue that encourages and guides regeneration in an animal model. Results were published this month in Tissue En ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 19, 2009 |
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Spun-sugar fibers spawn sweet technique for nerve repair
Researchers at Purdue University have developed a technique using spun-sugar filaments to create a scaffold of tiny synthetic tubes that might serve as conduits to regenerate nerves severed in accidents or ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 26, 2009 |
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