Northwestern University scientists have developed the most advanced organoid model for human spinal cord injury to date. In a ...

Decades after the first demonstration of brain computer interfaces, we have reached a "tipping point" in creating the first ...

Neurites include axons, which are often severed during spinal cord injuries. When axons are cut, communication between ...

Organoids modeled on the structure of the human spinal cord have been shown to match the behavior of an injured spine. Now, a treatment that has worked well in mice has been applied to the organoids, ...

The reason the muscles are immobilized is that dreams occur when the body goes through the REM state of sleep. These vivid and clear images could make the dreamers thrash around in their sleep, and ...

Patients who experience sleep paralysis may find themselves unable to move or speak and may have difficulty taking a deep breath. In 1781, artist Henry Fuseli may have captured on canvas what patients ...

Why are some people affected by sleep paralysis? – Tess, age 13. Falling asleep is a bit like flicking off a light switch. One moment we are awake, but then the switch is flicked and we fall asleep.

Many people who experience sleep paralysis see frightening hallucinations some call "sleep paralysis demons." - Illustration by Leah Abucayan/Alberto Mier/CNN Baland Jalal lay in bed terrified, ...

Sleep paralysis is "a condition where you feel paralyzed just before falling asleep or, more commonly, when you first wake up in the morning," says Kevin Walker, MD, the medical director of ...