The study, which followed four patients with chronic spinal cord injuries for five years, found that two patients showed durable evidence of neurological improvement after treatment with neural stem ...

Cervical myelopathy results from compression of the spinal cord in the neck (cervical area of the spine). Symptoms of cervical myelopathy may include problems with fine motor skills, pain or stiffness ...

as well as a protective passageway through which the spinal cord and individual nerve roots pass from the brain to the base of the spine. Viewed in cross-section, the complex anatomy of the bony spine ...

Spinal cord stimulation has been used for more than 50 years treat a variety of chronic pain conditions. Advances in technology and cost effectiveness have made this treatment a viable option to ...

Diseases involving the spinal cord include a heterogeneous group of abnormalities, including those of inflammatory, infectious, neoplastic, vascular, metabolic, and traumatic origin. Making the ...

Several studies have demonstrated that SPIO-labeled stem cells migrate into a brain or spinal cord lesion after transplantation; MRI detection was confirmed by histological analysis with iron ...

What is an acute spinal cord injury? Your spine is made of many bones called vertebrae. Your spinal cord runs downward through a canal in the center of these bones. The spinal cord is a bundle of ...

She's defying the odds after a spinal cord injury in 2020 left her with less than a three percent chance of moving anything below her neck. Wachtel said the plan to stand had been in the works for ...