Instead, sensory stimuli are processed in the spinal cord before reaching the brain. These findings have been published in Science Advances and may lead to new approaches to the long-term ...

Types of Neurons Sensory neurons The cell bodies of sensory ... 1 Motor Neurons A motor neuron’s cell body is also often located either in the spinal cord or the brainstem with projections that ...

A new drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive loss of neural function in spinal ...

"To counteract neurodegeneration, we need two things -- stop neuron death and ... region on each side of the spinal cord, directing the stimulation exclusively to sensory nerve roots.

A new electrical stimulation therapy for spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) has shown promise in reactivating motor neurons and ...

New research suggests that electrical spinal cord stimulation could improve muscle function for patients who have spinal ...

A new drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive loss of neural function in spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an ...

Reflex actions are quick because there is a direct link in the spinal cord called an inter neuron (between the sensory neuron and a motor neuron) that causes a muscle to make the protective response.

Your spinal cord’s pain processing circuits receive sensory inputs, feedback from your brain, and inputs from local neurons. “What determines the output of those spinal circuits, the pain ...

In a small human trial in SMA patients neurostimulation sessions improved motoneuron function, reduced fatigue, and improved leg muscle strength and walking.