Although a motor neuron pool innervating one muscle represents a tightly clustered cell body aggregate in a defined position in the spinal cord in wild types, corresponding cell bodies in Foxp1 ...

Scientists have known for some time that motor output from the spinal cord can be adjusted through practice even without a ...

Hyperrelexic, overactive or spastic bladder or bowels occur with spinal cord injury at or above T12. The primary characteristic of this type of injury is increased organ spasms. The UMN bladder may ...

1 Motor Neurons A motor neuron’s cell body is also often located either in the spinal cord or the brainstem with projections that interact with organs such as muscles and glands. Upper motor neurons ...

Medically reviewed by Huma Sheikh, MD Neurons are cells in the body that are responsible for transmitting electrical signals ...

Such neurons could be used to treat spinal cord injuries or diseases such as ... we're going directly from a somatic cell to a motor neuron." Galloway's research group and others have demonstrated ...

The advances offer new hope not only for patients who have suffered severe spinal cord injuries but for others with a range of neuro-motor deficits caused by strokes and even degenerative ...

Aweekly drug treatment strengthens neural connections and enhances neuron regeneration in mice with chronic spinal cord injuries ... Using fluorescent markers, the team labeled descending and ...

Converting one type of cell to another—for example, a skin cell to a neuron ... quantities of motor neurons, which could potentially be used to treat patients with spinal cord injuries or ...

Spinal cord injury (SCI)—a condition that leads ... Despite recent advances in SCI treatment, restoring lost motor functions, such as hand movement, remains a significant challenge.