A study published in Neurology looks at how age may affect recovery for people with spinal cord injuries. "With population ...

Older adults recover nerve function after spinal cord injury just as well as younger patients, but they fall behind when it ...

A Cedars-Sinai study has identified a previously unknown role for astrocyte cells in how the brain responds to damage and disease. Cedars-Sinai researchers have identified a biological repair process ...

An experimental drug could help to improve movement for patients with spinal cord injuries. NVG-291, an injectable peptide, has been tested in a phase 2 trial with eligible patients — some of whom ...

A paradigm shift in the way we treat spinal injuries is now in sight, with the world's first regenerative cell therapy being granted approval for a registrational Phase I clinical trial. It's a ...

Cedars-Sinai investigators have discovered a healing mechanism that could one day be harnessed to help treat patients with ...

Traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) has been linked to an elevated long-term risk of developing neurologic, psychiatric, cardiovascular, and endocrine comorbidities, highlighting the need for ...

A photo of adult human neurons in a dish over a black background shows white splotches with thin strands connecting them and with a scale bar of 50 μm. The team tested thiorphan in neuronal cell ...

New research provides insights on how to restore the ability to ejaculate in men who are not able to do so. In humans, the crucial role of the spinal cord in controlling ejaculation is based within a ...

An experimental drug could help improve movement for patients with spinal cord injuries, and it's already making a big difference for one patient in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. Larry Williams is walking, ...