Neurites include axons, which are often severed during spinal cord injuries. When axons are cut, communication between ...

Northwestern University scientists have developed the most advanced organoid model for human spinal cord injury to date. In a ...

Organoids modeled on the structure of the human spinal cord have been shown to match the behavior of an injured spine. Now, a treatment that has worked well in mice has been applied to the organoids, ...

Paralysis is rarely just about what happens to the body. Neurologist Dr Priyanka Sehrawat says one early moment can quietly shape everything that follows.

Why are some people affected by sleep paralysis? – Tess, age 13. Falling asleep is a bit like flicking off a light switch. One moment we are awake, but then the switch is flicked and we fall asleep.

Patients who experience sleep paralysis may find themselves unable to move or speak and may have difficulty taking a deep breath. In 1781, artist Henry Fuseli may have captured on canvas what patients ...

Sleep paralysis is "a condition where you feel paralyzed just before falling asleep or, more commonly, when you first wake up in the morning," says Kevin Walker, MD, the medical director of ...