Scientists identify nerve cells that help patients walk again after paralysis

The researchers from Switzerland hailed their findings, published in the journal Nature, as a “clinical breakthrough”.

Scientists have identified a group of nerve cells that helps patients with paralysis stand up and walk again (Jimmy Ravier/NeuroRestore/PA)

Scientists have identified a group of nerve cells that helps patients with paralysis stand up and walk again.

These nerve cells, or neurons, called Vsx2, are present in the brain stem and the spinal cord and have been found to play a key role in the recovery of motor function after spinal cord injury.