Cervical myelopathy is a condition that happens when the spinal cord in the neck is compressed or squeezed. There are many things that can cause this, but one of the most common is cervical ...

Researchers at the University of Ottawa have made a significant advancement in the field of spinal cord injury research, developing a novel optogenetic mouse ... C5 and C7 cervical levels, this ...

In 2023, the NeuroRestore team was able to make a fully paralyzed mouse walk by regenerating the nerves in its spinal cord. There are many hurdles before that kind of gene therapy, typically ...

Spinal cord stimulators have grown in popularity over the past several years as patients see benefits in the less-invasive ...

Before jumping into the neural circuitry, the researchers first developed an experimental setup that allowed them to study ...

More information: Sara Goltash et al, An optogenetic mouse model of hindlimb spasticity after spinal cord injury, Experimental Neurology (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2025.115157 Journal ...

This research used a mouse model of spinal cord injury. However, abnormal, potentially life-threatening autonomic reflexes also occur in other animals and in people with spinal cord injury ...