Tag: vagus nerve

We can hack computers; why can’t we hack into the nervous system to help those with nerve damage?

We can hack computers; why can’t we hack into the nervous system to help those with nerve damage? My friend Allen was in a horrible accident a decade ago that left him with serious nervous system impairments that affected his life immeasurably. He has learned to live with this disability after his neck was broken in a car accident that flipped his SUV over multiple times while coming back from family vacation in Florida. Christopher Reeve set up a foundation to help fund research to help people who had serious injury to their spines that affected their quality of life. Read More »