Sentences with phrase «movement after a spinal cord injury»

Deep brain stimulation is not the only form of electrical stimulation that could help restore movement after a spinal cord injury.

Not exact matches

This study demonstrates that artificial neural connections can compensate for interrupted descending pathways and promote volitional control of upper limb movement after damage of neural pathways such as spinal cord injury or stroke.

The researchers say their next step is to transplant the cells into mice with spinal cord injuries to see if the V2a interneurons can help to restore movement after damage has occurred.

In the intact monkey, and also in the fully recovered stage (3 months after spinal cord injury), such deficit in hand movement by blocking the activity of the nucleus accumbens was not observed.

The discovery of motor pattern generators, the neural network's underlying movements, in the spinal cord is already being used to re-establish locomotion in people paralyzed after spinal cord injury.»

For example, we are using electrical spinal stimulation synchronized with residual muscle activity or movement in order to produce lasting improvements in hand and arm function after spinal cord injury.