Although they have not yet shown that these new neurons actually work, “there is great potential for therapy,” said Chun-Li Zhang, who led the study. ”The spinal cord is one of the regions of the ...

Published in Science, the study found two critical groups of spinal cord neurons, one necessary for new adaptive learning, ...

In both groups, the results looked nearly identical: the lesions filled up with new neurons, and those neurons projected axons to the brain stem and to distant regions of the spinal cord. “Even if you ...

can gradually reawaken functionally silent motor neurons in the spinal cord and improve leg muscle strength and walking in adults with SMA. The findings were reported by University of Pittsburgh ...