{"664803":{"#nid":"664803","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Cat locomotion could unlock better human spinal cord injury treatment","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECats always land on their feet, but what makes them so agile? Their unique sense of balance has more in common with humans than it may appear. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are studying cat locomotion to better understand how the spinal cord works to help humans with partial spinal cord damage walk and maintain balance. Georgia Tech partnered with researchers at the University of Sherbrooke in Canada and Drexel University in Philadelphia to better understand how signals from sensory neurons coordinate movements of a cat\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;legs.\u0026nbsp;Leading the Georgia Tech research team is \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/boris-prilutsky\u0022\u003EBoris\u0026nbsp;Prilutsky,\u003C\/a\u003E professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E. (This research was also covered in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/medicalrepublic.com.au\/can-flying-cats-help-with-back-injuries\/83797\u0022\u003EThe Medical Republic\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-01-17 19:57:03","changed_gmt":"2023-01-17 19:58:33","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2023\/01\/230109191639.htm","dateline":{"date":"2023-01-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-01-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"14478","name":"Boris Prilutsky"},{"id":"191914","name":"cat locomotion"},{"id":"191915","name":"spinal injuries"},{"id":"170979","name":"spinal cord injuries"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}