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Breakthrough deep brain stimulation therapy restores walking after spinal cord injury
A spinal cord injury (SCI) disrupts communication between the brain and spinal cord, leading to partial or complete paralysis ...
Deep brain stimulation helps two patients walk after spinal injury
Wolfgang Jäger was in his 30s when a skiing accident left the young Austrian wheelchair-bound from a spinal cord injury. Fast ...
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World-first: Deep brain stimulation enables paralyzed patient to walk again
In this clinical trial, the participants received deep brain stimulation (DBS) in a region of the brain called the lateral ...
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Deep Brain Stimulation Restores Walking in Two Paralyzed Patients
Deep brain stimulation to the lateral hypothalamus has improved lower limb movements in two people with partial spinal cord ...
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Brain stimulation can help injured people walk, study finds
Scientists have discovered a brain stimulation technique that could help spinal cord injury patients walk more easily ...
Paralysed patients able to walk short distances after having electrodes implanted in their brains
In a world first, surgeons have used a technique called deep brain stimulation to "re-awaken" dormant nerve fibres in the ...
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Paralysed patients able to walk again after undergoing world first brain surgery
Two people who were paralysed have been able to walk again after being implanted with electrodes in their brains.
Stimulating hypothalamus restores walking in paralyzed patients
The discovery that an unexpected brain region is crucial for walking recovery in mice with spinal cord injuries has led a deep brain stimulation therapy in humans. The approach restored enough leg ...