Standing Promise by Nate Berg. Discovery Magazine. June 2013. Available in hard copy on news stand or by subscription.
(1) What assumptions about the spinal cord has been overturned by the research recounted in this article?
(2) What assumptions about the differences between the brain and the spinal cord have been overturned by the research in this article?
(3) Trace the origins of the research through the early illness of Reggie Edgerton, research done at the University of Gothenurg, Edgerton's research upon returning to UCLA, the role of Christopher Reeve, and the research of Susan Harkema, human experiments with electrode devices.
(4) Edgerton found that " a spinal cord could learn if you expose it to a ________ ________"
(5) What is the next step in the research?
(6) What are three other experimental methods being explored to provide a biological cure for paralysis?
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