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Breakthroughs in Spinal Cord Injury Treatment: The Promise of Electrical Stimulation
Every day after a spinal cord injury presents a harsh reality—loss of function that often seems irreversible. Traditionally, medical understanding held that the brain simply commanded muscles to move, with the spinal cord serving as a mere conduit for communication. However, recent research challenges this view, revealing the spinal cord itself as an autonomous network capable of generating locomotion and other functions, independent of direct brain input.