A motorcycle accident left Gert-Jan Oskam paralyzed in 2011, but now, he has regained some control of his lower body, thanks to new implants that restored the communication between his brain and the ...

In an unprecedented event, scientists restored locomotion in paralyzed primates using an implanted neural device, granting hope to the 1,275,000 people who have paralysis from spinal cord injuries. A ...

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(CNN) — New research reveals how a medical device helped one man with paralysis walk naturally again, more than a decade after an injury. Dr. Grégoire Courtine and colleagues from the Swiss Federal ...

In the lab, Grégoire Courtine recently showed that paralyzed primates could walk again with the assistance of a smart neuroprosthetic system he calls the "brain-spine interface". This wireless -- ...

Courtine’s team placed electrodes in each paralyzed monkey’s brain, plus a separate set of electrodes in the animals’ spinal cords. After allowing the monkeys some time to recover, the researchers set ...

Through the decoder, those thoughts prompted lower leg movement using spinal cord stimulation MONDAY, May 20, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A brain wave decoder shows promise in using electrical stimulation ...

Would you let Elon Musk stick a microchip in your brain? On Sunday, the billionaire’s Neuralink start-up put its first human test subject under the knife. The anonymous patient had a tiny chip ...

Brain-computer interface (BCI) technology creates a direct link between the brain’s electrical activity and a digital device. This connection can bring a vast range of benefits in assisting, ...

A brain wave decoder is figuring out how people think about moving The decoder interprets brain waves generated by people thinking of movement Through the decoder, those thoughts prompted lower leg ...