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Stretchy synthetic nerve helps mice give ball a mighty kick

Device can bridge a nerve damaged by motor-neuron disease or spinal-cord injury.
Computer illustration of the human brain inside the body with the precentral gyrus highlighted in orange

The precentral gyrus (orange; artist’s impression) is the site of the motor cortex, which controls voluntary muscle movements. Credit: Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library

Stretchable electronic nerves that can sense muscle strain and use little power allow disabled mice to walk, run and kick1.

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Nature 608, 650 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-02196-8

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  1. Lee, Y. et al. Nature Biomed. Eng. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-022-00918-x (2022).

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