The spinal cord is responsible for sending messages between your brain and muscles ... or surgery for your lumbar spine. Understanding the basic anatomy of the five lumbar bones that make up ...

They create a cushion between the brain and the cranium (skull) and the spinal cord and the vertebrae (spine). The meninges also provide structural support for important blood vessels and nerves ...

Clearly, it was affecting my overall thought processes — but perhaps also my brain anatomy. Research on the ... surgery at Princeton Brain and Spine Care and believes that we can all apply ...

Evidence for this function first came from studies of the organ's anatomy and its nerves as well ... intensifying weak light. The small brain occupies only about 1.5 percent of the braincase ...

Now, a growing body of evidence suggests a third player in this system—the spine—creating what researchers call the "gut-brain-spine axis." With mental health disorders affecting nearly one in ...

It encompasses the evolution, development, cellular and molecular biology, physiology, anatomy and pharmacology ... organelles called mitochondria in the brain reveals region- and cell-type ...

The Center for Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience is based in the Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy, and also includes members from across departments and colleges at Drexel University (and other ...

What Is a Spinal MRI? A spinal MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging, uses powerful magnets, radio waves, and a computer to make clear, detailed pictures of your spine. The MRI may scan your whole ...

Colored green above, a songbird's cortex, which dominates the bird brain anatomy, functions similarly to a human cortex. It is the outer brain shell responsible for controlling perception and some ...