Congratulations to Gregoire Courtine and colleagues at @EPFL for this achievement: an advanced spinal stimulation protocol which, combined with rehabilitation, restores walking in ppl paralyzed by spinal cord injury
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The key is spatiotemporally-specific stimulation of spinal sites coordinated to the phase of ongoing stepping. In a companion study in
@NatureNeuro they also show the patterning is needed because continuous stimulation interferes with proprioceptionhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-018-0262-6 …Show this thread -
All explained in a N&V in
@natureneuro by Chet Moritz here :https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-018-0264-4 …Show this thread -
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Well I better come up with something new then
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I saw waiting for Sci Fi to catch up with reality. It’s happened!
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Major breakthrough and an inspiration for all in biotechnology. Crazy just might work.
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