Drugs and electrical stimulation enable paralyzed rats to walk

Paralyzed rats were able to walk and run again through a combination of drugs, electrical stimulation of the spinal cord, and robotics-assisted rehabilitation. In the new issue of the journal Science, the researchers at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne report that their technique spurred a regrowth of nerve fibers in the brain and spine. From [...]

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