A new way of electrically stimulating the spinal cord with wireless implants, together with therapy that supports body weight, has helped three men with paraplegia to walk again with the help of ...

You wouldn't know just by looking at the smile on her face, but 3-year-old Naomi Lockard's life is nothing like other children's. "When Naomi was a baby, we had a lot of questions about why she wasn't ...

A gene mutation linked to hereditary spastic paraplegia, a disabling neurological disorder, interferes with the normal breakdown of triglyceride fat molecules in the brain, scientists have found. The ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Imagine losing the strength in the muscles of your legs and not knowing why. The condition is often misdiagnosed and worsens with time. It’s a rare reality for about 20,000 ...

Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP), also known as familial spastic paraparesis, is a term used for a group of inherited diseases that affect the upper motor neurons traveling from the brain through ...

The 26-year-old American patient lost the ability to use their legs five years ago in an accident . But researchers at the University of California at Irvine were able to restore the link between his ...

Elena Rugarli and colleagues from the National Neurological Institute in Milan have used gene therapy to save sensory and skeletal muscle nerve fibers from degeneration in mice with hereditary spastic ...

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