Spinal cord injury (SCI) patients often rely on their loved ones as caregivers for help with daily tasks. Caring for a loved ...

Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger—able to stand and walk more easily—when an implanted device zapped their spinal cord. A spinal cord ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) causes a specific type of damage, called demyelination, to the central nervous system, including the spinal cord. MS is a neurological disease. It causes the immune system ...

For anyone who feels stiffness in their neck that radiates down to their arms with numbness or tingling or weakness in the ...

Multiple sclerosis causes lesions to the spinal cord and other parts of the central nervous system. An MRI can detect spinal cord lesions and help diagnose and monitor the condition. Multiple ...

Researchers at Keio University have begun using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) to treat and maybe even cure severe ...

Spinal cord stimulators have grown in popularity over the past several years as patients see benefits in the less-invasive ...

Credit: Unsplash/ Kelly Sikkema. Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is a rare but serious neurological condition that impacts the ...

No one knows how stem cells will be used in the future, but researchers hope they may be used to treat many conditions, including Alzheimer's, diabetes, heart failure, spinal cord damage ...

Scientists have developed a new method that can grow motor neurons from skin cells, which may serve as a platform for ALS ...

Scientists have developed a breakthrough technique to directly convert skin cells into neurons, bypassing the need for stem ...