Tag: Susan Harkema
Spinal cord work is unexpected shocker: ‘This is a breakthrough’
(CNN) -- At her research lab at the University of Louisville, neuroscientist Susan Harkema turned her back to her study subject to check a...
Victory Over Paralysis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkN7SKZDlzw#t=196
Victory Over Paralysis - It's our goal. It's what motivates us as we fashion each experiment after, document and categorize each participant's progress with....
Rewiring a Damaged Spinal Cord
New treatments leverage “neuroplasticity,” the nervous system’s innate ability to repair itself
When Christopher Reeve became quadriplegic, there was little hope for patients with spinal...
How Electrical Pulses Can Defeat Paralysis
Four scientists—and their star patient—received a 2011 PM Breakthrough Award for a new procedure that uses direct electrical stimulation to give spinal injury patients...
