Capitalizing on the flexibility of tiny cells inside the body's smallest blood vessels may be a powerful spinal cord repair strategy, new research suggests.

Capitalizing on the flexibility of tiny cells inside the body's smallest blood vessels may be a powerful spinal cord repair strategy, new research suggests.

From a pinprick to a warm breeze, every sensation you perceive begins its journey along this ascending sensory pathway. For the first time, scientists have recreated the entire human nervous system’s ...

Scientists have identified a previously unknown type of neural stem cell (pNSC) that exists outside the brain and spinal cord ...

Pseudoarthrosis occurs when bones don’t heal after a fracture or bone surgery. When pseudoarthrosis affects the cervical or lumbar spine, it means that two vertebrae did not grow together after ...

So when you touch a hot stove, the nerve endings in your fingers react instantly. But the ouch comes a split-second later, when that information finally reaches your brain. Well, now, scientists have ...

The neural foramen was enlarged ... Above all, a thorough understanding of the anatomical structures of the lumbar intervertebral foramen and advanced surgical proficiency is essential for minimizing ...

A forceful neck-cracking technique (also called spinal manipulation) can also affect the joints between the spinal vertebrae. While dangerous spinal manipulation results are rare, they can cause ...

neural foramen, and posterior cortex did not rise above 45°C. In the stage 2 experiment, in which bone cement leaked into the spinal canal, the peak average temperature of these areas was 59°C ...

There were 39 intervertebral foramen involved tumors locating the spinal canal, which used posterior midline ... radicular symptoms with either pain or numbness in the arms in the neural distribution ...