TWiN 47: Walking after spinal cord injury

Update: 2024-01-29

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TWiN explains an amazing study of a man who was paralyzed after a spinal cord injury and regained the ability to walk after implantation of a brain-spinal cord interface.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Jason Shepherd, and Timothy Cheung

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Walking naturally after spinal cord injury (Nature)
The paralyzed rat that walked (YouTube)
Mike the headless chicken (Wikipedia)
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