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Functional MRI looks beyond the brain to reveal spinal cord activity

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By Michael Mitchell
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Several EPFL labs are converging around an idea that began as a doctoral researcher's hunch: The spinal cord revealed by functional magnetic resonance imaging might unlock new therapies. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. "Have you seen Galileo's drawings of the moon?" I ask Nawal Kinany, a former EPFL researcher who now works in international scientific cooperation. She hasn't, so I pull them up on my laptop.
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Functional MRI looks beyond the brain to reveal spinal cord activity

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By Michael Mitchell
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Functional MRI now maps activity beyond the brain. (1) Brain and cervical spinal cord imaged together in the same scan. (2) Spinal cord responses to magnetic pulses delivered to the motor cortex at increasing strength, from left to right: the stronger the pulse, the wider the activity spreads.
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AI-assisted, real-time deep-brain stimulation therapy for walking impairments in Parkinson's disease

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By Michael Mitchell, Lisa Lock, Andrew Zinin Verified
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Experimental setup to dissect activity-dependent STN dynamics across therapeutic conditions. Credit: Nature Medicine (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41591-026-04432-4 Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has been used for more than three decades to treat motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Today, more than 200,000 patients worldwide have been implanted with these systems, which continuously deliver electrical stimulation to specific deep-brain regions to reduce rigidity and tremor.
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