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To Restore Arm and Hand Function After Spinal Cord Injury: Stimulate from Above, Stimulate from Below

April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2020
GRANT: 
Non-Federal
Funding Status: 
Completed Project
Funding Agency: 
Travis Roy Foundation

Goals

We will test whether pairing brain and spinal cord injury can strengthen corticospinal connections and restore function after injury.

Investigators

Jason B. Carmel, M.D., Ph.D.
Jason B. Carmel, M.D., Ph.D.
Former Lab Director
Motor Recovery Laboratory
Former Assistant Professor
Weill Cornell Medicine
Role: 
Principal Investigator

Conditions & Recovery

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Motor Recovery
Write and walk again.
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Spinal Cord Injury
Around the world, between 300,000 and 500,000 people are living with a SCI.