Paralyzed monkeys regained the ability to move their wrists when their nervous systems were rewired.
Rerouting electrical signals around damaged nerves may one day help treat paralysis. A pair of partially paralyzed monkeys regained the ability to move their wrists when researchers wired individual neurons directly to the monkey’s arm muscles, according to a study published online in Nature on Wednesday.
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