The accessory nerve starts in the brain and separates into spinal and cranial parts. The hypoglossal nerve is a motor nerve that supplies the tongue muscles. It originates in the medulla.

One part originates in the brain and the other originates in the spine. For this reason, it’s often called the spinal accessory nerve. All of the nerves in your body stem from either the brain or the ...

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UT Dallas researchers paired rehab with vagus nerve stimulation to help people with spinal cord injuries regain arm and hand ...

Motor neurons are nerve cells that control our muscles by sending signals from the brain and spinal cord out to the body. In ...

There are over 15 million people living with spinal cord injury (SCI) worldwide. Experimental treatments using electrical ...

“We connect nerves that are working to nerves that (are) not working.” Dengler said the surgery isn’t a well-known option for spinal cord patients but is hoping to change that through ...

but spinal deformities that can affect their growth, movement, and even nerves. The upside? Parents and doctors are catching these problems earlier than before, and that’s making a big difference.

In this study, published in the prestigious journal Nature on May 21, individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury safely received a combination of stimulation of a nerve in the neck with ...