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Grégoire Courtine: The paralyzed rat that walked
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A spinal cord injury can sever the communication between your brain and your body, leading to paralysis. Fresh from his lab, Grégoire Courtine shows a new method -- combining drugs, electrical stimulation and a robot -- that could re-awaken the neural pathways and help the body learn again to move on its own. See how it works, as a paralyzed rat becomes able to run and navigate stairs.
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TED.com
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TedTalks;TED;Talks;biotech;health care;neuroscience;science;technology;TEDGlobal 2013;2013
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