Spinal Surgery In Womb Minimizes Nerve Damage With A Spina Bifida Case

A Boy Who Had Spinal Surgery In The Womb Stands On His Own Two Feet by Denise Grady.  The New York Times.  June 24, 2019. 

Signals Between Brain And Spinal Cord Reawakened With Electrical Stimulation; Transcutaneous

Paralyzed Patients Move Again With New, Non-Surgical Stimulation by Bianca Seidman.  CBS News.  July 31, 2015. 

Standing Without The Brain

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?
         

Walmart Institutes No Cost Heart and Spine Surgeries for Its Associates

Walmart Expands Health Benefits To Cover Heart and Spinal Surgeries At No Cost To Associates.  Bloomberg Businessweek.  October 11, 2012.

Six leading hospital and health systems in the U.S. will participate in the program that is called by Walmart officials the "first time a retailer has offered a comprehensive, nationwide program for heart, spine and transplant surgery.