Scientists at Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology create transparent spinal...
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology have devised a new technique to create a three-dimensional model image of spinal tissue. Nerve cells in the spinal cord are responsible for...
View ArticleNew procedure can repair severed nerves in minutes, leading to short recovery...
Scientists have developed a new procedure that can induce rapid nerve regeneration to repair severed nerves. They used a cellular mechanism much like that used by many invertebrates to repair damage...
View ArticleChemists develop system that could turn off pain with the flip of a switch
Chemists in Germany have developed a system that may be able to effectively ‘turn off’ pain-sensitive neurons. They have done this using a chemical compound they call QAQ. The molecule, made up of two...
View ArticleGene responsible for neck-twisting cervical dystonia identified
Researchers have identified the gene responsible for adult-onset primary cervical dystonia. Cervical dystonia causes an involuntary twisting of the neck. When a patient came in with a twisted neck...
View ArticleScientists directly convert skin and umbilical cord cells to nerve cells
Scientists from the Bonn Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology at the University of Bonn have directly converted human skin and umbilical cord cells into nerve cells. Previously, skin cells could...
View ArticleGene mutation one cause of spinal muscular atrophy
Fatal spinal muscular atrophies (SMA) involve all motor neurons, but non-fatal SMA with lower extremity predominance (SMA-LED) only affects nerve cells that control leg muscles. Researchers from...
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