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TWiN 47: Walking after spinal cord injury

  • January 29, 2024
  • Tagged as: brain, brain motor cortex, brain-spinal cord interface, digital bridge, motor neuron, neurobiology, neurology, neuroscience, paralysis, sensory neuron, spinal cord injury, walking

TWiN reviews 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. 

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TWiN 46: Neuronal activity promotes glioma progression

  • January 1, 2024
  • Tagged as: BDNF, brain, brain derived neurotrophic factor, glioma, neurobiology, neurology, neuroscience, synapse, synaptic plasticity, tumor progression

TWiN explains research showing that interaction between glioma cells and neurons in the brain shares mechanistic features with synaptic plasticity that contributes to memory and learning in the healthy brain. 

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