Researchers identify new motor neuron subgroups and gain insights into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

A study in two macaques reveals the importance of increasing connectivity between muscles and the reticulospinal tract that runs from the brain stem down the spinal cord.

Nimodipine, a drug used to treat brain hemorrhages, alleviates spasticity in mice after spinal cord injuries.

A medical art student’s master’s project will be used to help train junior physicians to perform lumbar punctures.

Stop Animal Exploitation Now issues a federal complaint against Johns Hopkins scientists, saying they messed up surgeries on nine animals.

At $2 million for a single dose, Novartis’s Zolgensma is the most expensive medicine to date, but still less expensive over a lifetime than another approved drug for the rare genetic disease.

A gene helps motor neurons successfully venture out from the spinal cord to muscles during mouse development.

The treatment will be tested in a handful of patients who suffered nerve damage in sports or traffic accidents.

The eel-like lamprey can return to normal swimming and burrowing after suffering a severed spinal cord twice.