• Ask me anything
  • Archive
discoverynews: Paralyzed Rats Regain Mobility in Lab After severe spinal cord damage, paralyzed rats are able to walk again with the help of a robot to hold them up and stimulate their nerves, a new study shows. After the rats are trained on the machine for about two months, they gained the ability to control their hind legs — which had previously been cut off from communicating with the brain — with enough dexterity to climb stairs and navigate around objects. This control means that the brain has forged new connections to get around the spinal cord injury. keep reading

discoverynews:

Paralyzed Rats Regain Mobility in Lab

After severe spinal cord damage, paralyzed rats are able to walk again with the help of a robot to hold them up and stimulate their nerves, a new study shows.

After the rats are trained on the machine for about two months, they gained the ability to control their hind legs — which had previously been cut off from communicating with the brain — with enough dexterity to climb stairs and navigate around objects. This control means that the brain has forged new connections to get around the spinal cord injury.

keep reading

Jun 1 2012 1,236 notes
  1. cefuh27 reblogged this from medstudent
  2. zoodious reblogged this from discoverynews and added:
    Cooooooool.
  3. zoodious likes this
  4. adastrax reblogged this from discoverynews
  5. chrises77o7 reblogged this from discoverynews
  6. chrises77o7 likes this
  7. xo-neida likes this
  8. somedias likes this
  9. cocoforcocoa likes this
  10. hellloharr reblogged this from discoverynews and added:
    Crazy
  11. glamnarc reblogged this from madscienceoverlord
  12. intellectualconsilience likes this
  13. ilovefancymice likes this
  14. parisopolis reblogged this from discoverynews
  15. mondevivant reblogged this from discoverynews
  16. thezoologicalgarden reblogged this from discoverynews
  17. laviesupernova likes this
  18. cartesianfish reblogged this from zombieerotica
  19. hapithots reblogged this from discoverynews
  20. spleenyoungburton reblogged this from west-ryder-silver-bullet
  21. west-ryder-silver-bullet reblogged this from discoverynews
  22. gimmecookeh reblogged this from mauwnugget
  23. hopeistorture reblogged this from momo9momo
  24. susanqusan reblogged this from mypussywetswag and added:
    This is basically what my major is preparing me to research. And it’s pretty damned cool. Lizbeth, look at the rattie!!...
  25. teeksisnewmeat reblogged this from nickelmalfoy and added:
    My biggest question is how did these rats get severe SCI’s? I don’t even want to think about it…
  26. chemicalconcerto reblogged this from discoverynews
  27. piggygiggles reblogged this from discoverynews
  28. mimamatopeia reblogged this from discoverynews
  29. briannaisfetch reblogged this from lasting-petrichord
  30. danicaliforniax reblogged this from effyeahrats
  31. ellibutts reblogged this from discoverynews
  32. dreamiermaalik reblogged this from misohead
  33. mypussywetswag reblogged this from beautiful-anomaly
  34. mypussywetswag likes this
  35. ambivalent-souls likes this
  36. beautiful-anomaly reblogged this from i-sing-the-body-electric
  37. rollpendricks reblogged this from discoverynews
  38. greentortilla reblogged this from discoverynews
  39. kerrrdy likes this
  40. fleek likes this
  41. mylittlebrittany reblogged this from waitingformichelle
  42. waitingformichelle reblogged this from discoverynews
  43. inarsvitae likes this
  44. iwearskinnymanpants reblogged this from effyeahrats
  45. twosidedconfidence reblogged this from discoverynews
  46. awe-drea likes this
  47. medstudent reblogged this from discoverynews
  48. rainbow-hammock reblogged this from discoverynews
  49. danicaliforniax likes this
  50. radioactivetarantula reblogged this from effyeahrats
  51. Show more notesLoading...
Copyright © 2009–2013 ‒ HD Exhibit Theme by Dustin Hoffman