The peripheral nervous system is the network of nerves strands that branch off from the left and right sides of the spinal cord through openings between each vertebra on the spinal canal. These nerve ...

Advances in tissue engineering offer hope for spinal cord injury repair, utilizing biomaterials, stem cells, and bioactive ...

Zebrafish are vertebrates – they have a bony spine containing a spinal cord. The spinal cord passes signals from the brain to the rest of the body and vice versa. Blood never actually contacts the ...

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Spinal Cord Injury Model System (UAB-SCIMS) maintains this Information Network as a resource to promote knowledge in the areas of research, health and quality ...

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 ...

As a result, bones or other parts of the spine start pressing on your spinal cord and other nerves. Although some people don’t experience symptoms, those who do may have pain, numbness ...

When Michael Kelly, director of scoliosis and spinal deformities at ... they spot trapezoidal-shaped vertebra, they can utilize tension in the tethering cord to let the short side catch up in ...

Medically reviewed by Eva Umoh Asomugha, M.D. Myelopathy refers to a cluster of symptoms that result from spinal cord ...

Spinal Cord is a specialised, international journal that has been publishing spinal cord related manuscripts since 1963. It appears monthly, online and in print, and accepts contributions on ...

A herniated disc occurs when the cushioning between vertebrae slips out of position, putting pressure on nerves, causing back pain Spinal stenosis happens when the spinal canal narrows, putting ...

or the back part of a vertebra. Lamina and the associated bones and ligaments provide support for the spine and protect the spinal cord. A complete laminectomy might leave a person with less neck ...

First responders rushed her to Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, where doctors discovered she had fractured her cervical spinal cord, specifically the C6 vertebra. Tracey is currently experiencing ...