New research suggests spinal cord and brainstem are essential for processing touch signals as they travel to the brain The sense of touch is essential to almost everything we do, from routine tasks at ...

Conducted by researchers from Stanford University, the study used genetically engineered mouse models to map how pain signals ...

A rare group of neurons can reconnect broken spinal circuits and trigger leg muscle activity after spinal cord injury—a discovery that could help refine future stem-cell therapies for paralysis. The ...

Electroacupuncture Promotes Neural Repair by Inhibiting Calcium-Driven ER Stress After Spinal Cord Injury. Schematic illustration of the proposed mechanism by which electroacupuncture at the Shenshu ...

The sense of touch is essential to almost everything we do, from routine tasks at home to navigating unfamiliar terrains that may conceal dangers. Scientists have long been interested in understanding ...

Researchers have identified a network of connections linking the brainstem and spinal cord that helps control hand and arm movements, revealing an unexpected layer of the nervous system enabling ...

New research suggests pain is not a simple signal of injury but a process that unfolds across nerves, spinal cord, and brain. Scientists are now targeting earlier points in that pathway, before pain ...

Nearly a decade after a training ride crash left him with a spinal cord injury, an Easthampton man is regaining function ...

A team of researchers at Stanford University has mapped a specific brain circuit in mice that sustains chronic pain without ...

Scientists have identified a previously unknown brain circuit that appears to drive chronic pain, separate from the pathways ...