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Elon Musk Says First Human Has Received Neuralink Brain Implant

By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Jan. 31, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Elon Musk, co-founder of Neuralink, said this week that the company placed the...

mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Not Tied to Increases in Guillain-Barré Syndrome

However, the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine was associated with increased risk at 21 and 42 days postvaccination

Early nerve transfer surgery results in improvements in upper-limb function after spinal cord injury

Early Nerve Transfer Enables Hand Function After Spinal Cord Injury

Significant improvements seen in action research arm test, grasp release test 24 months postsurgery
A standardized set of outcome measures

Standard Outcome Measures Developed for Pediatric Facial Palsy

Standard measures allow for recording outcomes of facial palsy treatments among pediatric patients
The gracilis flap can be designed as a functional double paddle flap for a multivector facial reanimation after facial paralysis

Multivector Gracilis Muscle Flap Viable for Facial Reanimation

On average, 3.1 additional maxillary teeth were exposed when smiling post-treatment
Laypersons' ability to identify facial paralysis increases with the severity of the condition

Ability to ID Face Paralysis in Others Increases With Severity

Observers more accurate in identifying paralysis in a smiling face, but not in ability to localize paralysis
For patients with high-cervical spinal cord injury

Arm, Hand Function Restored in Tetraplegic Patient

Researchers utilized functional electric stimulation + intracortical brain-computer interface system
A set of four brain implants -- chips half the size of a dress shirt button -- have allowed a paralyzed 30-year-old man to not only control a robot arm but also feel sensations from the individual fingers of the arm

Brain Implants Allow Paralyzed Man to Control Robotic Arm

Microstimulation within somatosensory cortex evokes tactile sensations
A regimen of brain training has restored partial sensation and muscle control in the legs of eight patients paralyzed by spinal cord injuries

Brain-Machine Interface May Help Restore Mobility in Paraplegics

Combination regimen appears to "jump-start" reconnection between mind and body
After facial paralysis

Nerve Transposition Technique Successful in Facial Paralysis

Findings for intratemporal facial nerve coaptation to hypoglossal nerve