We investigated the effect of grafting the contralateral C7 nerve from the nonparalyzed side to the paralyzed side in patients with spastic arm paralysis due to chronic cerebral injury.

Transferring the C7 nerve from the nonparalyzed to the paralyzed side in patients with a stroke or other cerebral injury resulted in improved function and reduced spasticity in the affected arm ...

The man, whose name has not been released, crushed his spinal cord at the C7 vertebrae in the base of his neck in a 2008 motor vehicle accident. The injury severed the nerve circuits that would ...

One way to test that would be to just cut the C7 nerve and see if that is enough to produce the improvements, he said. “In their paper they say they saw some improvements after one month ...

The patient had healthy upper arm nerves, and because the injury was on the C7 vertebrae - the lowest bone on his neck - doctors were able to avoid operating on the spine. They bypassed the ...

Cervical nerve roots 1 through 7 exit above the corresponding cervical vertebra, and the eighth cervical root exits below the C7 vertebrae. Therefore, a C5-C6 disk herniation affects the C6 nerve ...