The process may someday be used in humans with spinal cord injuries to minimize or reverse the damage to nerve cells that results in paralysis, says Richard B. Borgens, professor of developmental ...

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The brain and spinal cord are your body’s central nervous system. The brain is the command center for your body, and the spinal cord is the pathway for messages sent by the brain to the body and from ...

It appears monthly, online and in print, and accepts contributions on spinal cord anatomy, physiology, management of injury and disease, and the quality of life and life circumstances of people ...

Living with spinal cord injury (SCI) can have a negative effect on person’s mental health and desire to participate in activities, so there continues to be a need to explore ways of improving mental ...

Octopuses are fascinating. Their eight arms gracefully whip through water and can accomplish extraordinary tasks like using ...

Why would a star athlete need six back surgeries? And what can you do to prevent back injuries or spine surgery in the first ...

Spinal cord compression (SCC) occurs in 5% to 30% of the oncology population and affects patient function, comfort, and general quality of life. Patients with lung cancer, breast cancer ...

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Understanding the structure or anatomy of disks is essential ... such as when a disk herniation impinges the spinal cord or ...

The 12 cranial nerves exist in symmetric pairs that emerge from the brain itself, as opposed to the rest of your nerves, ...

Unlike most other animals, snakes do not have limbs to help them get from one place to another. Instead, they slither — but there's a little more to snake anatomy than how they move. Finely tuned for ...