Electrical stimulation of the spinal cord is a promising strategy for reestablishing walking after spinal cord injury, recent ...

Thanks to new high-frequency electrical stimulation that blocks spasticity, two paralyzed patients suffering from muscle stiffness after spinal cord injury benefit from rehabilitation protocols for ...

This was to test the stretch reflexes in your spinal cord, which resist muscle stretching to give you muscle tone to hold your body up against gravity for example, fast corrections after tripping.

A reflex action follows this general sequence ... Sensory neuron sends electrical impulses to a relay neuron, which is located in the spinal cord of the CNS. Relay neurons connect sensory neurons ...

It's usually caused by conditions that affect the central nervous system, which is responsible for controlling muscle movement and reflexes ... to the brain or spinal cord. It can look like ...