by Ingrid Fadelli , Medical Xpress Credit: Hansen et al. Recent technological advances are allowing neuroscientists to map the human brain with increasing precision, highlighting connections between different regions and their function in greater depth. While the role of many brain regions has been broadly identified, the unique contribution of the brainstem to their function...
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Paraplegic rats walk again after therapy, now we know why
Grégoire Courtine and Léonie Asboth in the laboratory. With the help of robot-assisted rehabilitation and electrochemical spinal cord stimulation, rats with clinically relevant spinal cord injuries regained control of their otherwise paralyzed limbs. But how do brain commands for walking, swimming and stair-climbing bypass the injury and still reach the spinal cord to execute...