Paralyzed Rats Walk Without Using Their Brains
IMPACTLAB.COM - Paralyzed rats walkScientists recently used treadmill exercise, drugs, and electrical stimulation to train paralyzed rats to walk once again, demonstrating a way to possibly treat spinal injuries in humans, which at present are basically untreatable.In a spinal injury, the neural circuits connecting the brain to the muscles that control walking become damaged or severed, leaving [...]
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