{"id":3552,"date":"2014-05-30T12:35:04","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T02:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spinalcure.org.au\/?p=3552"},"modified":"2014-05-30T12:35:04","modified_gmt":"2014-05-30T02:35:04","slug":"paralysed-hand-able-move-brain-spinal-cord-link","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spinalcure.org.au\/research\/paralysed-hand-able-move-brain-spinal-cord-link\/","title":{"rendered":"Paralysed hand able to move again through brain to spinal cord link"},"content":{"rendered":"
For the first time scientists have been able to restore the ability to grasp with a paralysed hand using spinal cord stimulation.<\/p>\n
Wellcome Trust-funded researchers at Newcastle University, UK, working with macaque monkeys, have shown that by connecting the brain to a computer and then the computer to the spinal cord, it is possible to restore movement.<\/p>\n