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Electric Brain Stimulation Helps Rats With Spinal Cord Injuries Walk
• http://www.popsci.com, ByThe researchers stimulated the mesencephalic locomotor region (MLR), a section of the brain stem, with electrodes, to "wake up" the spinal cords of the injured rats and allow them to move again. The MLR has been shown to control movement in several vertebrate species, including cats, monkeys and rabbits, and deep brain stimulation has been used to treat some of the locomotion-related issues of Parkinson's patients.