MARINE BIOLOGY LABORATORY

Study discover how kinesthetic sense helps restore movement after spinal cord injury

The Marine Biology Laboratory (MBL), Jennifer R Morgan, and Christina Hamlet of Bucknell University constructed a mathematical model to show how lampreys may employ body-sensing feedback to regain swimming ability following spinal injury. The work might suggest novel therapy strategies for people or soft robot locomotion algorithms. The paper is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.