Scientists shed new light on walking

Researchers at the medical university Karolinska Institutet have created a genetically modified mouse in which certain neurones can be activated by blue light. Shining blue light on brainstems or spinal cords isolated from these mice produces walking-like motor activity. The findings, which are published in the scientific journal Nature Neuroscience, are of potential significance to the recovery of walking after spinal cord injury...

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