Zapping Parkinson's with shocks to spinal cord yields 'dramatic change'
Friday, March 20, 2009 - 16:21
in Health & Medicine
Mice and rats immobilized with Parkinson's-like symptoms were able to scurry around normally after researchers stimulated their spinal cords with electricity.
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