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.

Precisely timed electrical stimulation and intensive rehabilitation restore some capacity to walk among three men more than four years after their debilitating injuries.

The test uses levels of plasma amyloid-β to estimate the buildup of protein plaques in the brain.

Murine neural tubes, with each image highlighting a different embryonic tissue type (blue). The neural tube itself (left) grows into the brain, spine, and nerves, while the mesoderm (middle) develops into other organs, and the ectoderm (right) forms skin, teeth, and hair.

Neuroscientist Geoffrey Raisman pioneered the study of spinal cord injury and the use of cell transplants to repair the damage.

Neurons in the lamprey spinal cord can sense pH and counteract changes from the body’s optimal range.