Natural and targeted circuit reorganization after spinal cord injury

MA Anderson, JW Squair, M Gautier, TH Hutson… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
A spinal cord injury disrupts communication between the brain and the circuits in the spinal
cord that regulate neurological functions. The consequences are permanent paralysis, loss …

[HTML][HTML] Walking naturally after spinal cord injury using a brain–spine interface

H Lorach, A Galvez, V Spagnolo, F Martel, S Karakas… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
A spinal cord injury interrupts the communication between the brain and the region of the
spinal cord that produces walking, leading to paralysis,. Here, we restored this …

Activity-dependent spinal cord neuromodulation rapidly restores trunk and leg motor functions after complete paralysis

A Rowald, S Komi, R Demesmaeker, E Baaklini… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Epidural electrical stimulation (EES) targeting the dorsal roots of lumbosacral segments
restores walking in people with spinal cord injury (SCI). However, EES is delivered with …

Epidural stimulation of the cervical spinal cord for post-stroke upper-limb paresis

MP Powell, N Verma, E Sorensen, E Carranza… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Cerebral strokes can disrupt descending commands from motor cortical areas to the spinal
cord, which can result in permanent motor deficits of the arm and hand. However, below the …

Closing the loop in psychiatric deep brain stimulation: physiology, psychometrics, and plasticity

AS Widge - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2024 - nature.com
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an invasive approach to precise modulation of
psychiatrically relevant circuits. Although it has impressive results in open-label psychiatric …

A spinal cord neuroprosthesis for locomotor deficits due to Parkinson's disease

T Milekovic, EM Moraud, N Macellari, C Moerman… - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
People with late-stage Parkinson's disease (PD) often suffer from debilitating locomotor
deficits that are resistant to currently available therapies. To alleviate these deficits, we …

Preserved neural dynamics across animals performing similar behaviour

M Safaie, JC Chang, J Park, LE Miller, JT Dudman… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Animals of the same species exhibit similar behaviours that are advantageously adapted to
their body and environment. These behaviours are shaped at the species level by selection …

A direct spinal cord–computer interface enables the control of the paralysed hand in spinal cord injury

DS Oliveira, M Ponfick, DI Braun, M Osswald… - Brain, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Paralysis of the muscles controlling the hand dramatically limits the quality of life for
individuals living with spinal cord injury (SCI). Here, with a non-invasive neural interface, we …

Non-invasive spinal cord electrical stimulation for arm and hand function in chronic tetraplegia: a safety and efficacy trial

C Moritz, EC Field-Fote, C Tefertiller, I van Nes… - Nature medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to permanent impairment of arm and hand functions.
Here we conducted a prospective, single-arm, multicenter, open-label, non-significant risk …

Electrical stimulation for therapeutic approach

E Kim, S Kim, YW Kwon, H Seo, M Kim… - Interdisciplinary …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Electrical stimulation as a therapeutic approach is widely applicable in terms of target
tissues or target effects. This method can be an alternative to conventional therapies for …