Paraplegic rats walk again in response to neuroprosthetic rehabilitation that allows the brain to elaborate new routes so that motor commands about walking, swimming and even climbing staircases reach spinal cord execution centers below the injury. EPFL scientist Grégoire Courtine. EPFL scientist and lead author Léonie Asboth. “You need to engage the animals in an intense rehabilitation therapy for the rewiring to take place.
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