The spinal cord.

Science Weekly | October 23, 2007 | Copyright

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Background

Perhaps due to the publicity surrounding Christopher (Superman) Reeve's spinal cord injury, caused by a riding accident, many people know that spinal cord injury can result in paralysis. As a result of spinal cord injury, some people cannot walk, others cannot move either their arms or their legs, many cannot go to the bathroom on their own, and some cannot breathe on their own. The extent of paralysis is largely due to the site of the injury. If the top of the spinal cord is injured, as in Christopher Reeve's case, the ...

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