Spinal cord stimulators specifically block pain by disrupting nerve signals through a tract of fibers called your spinothalamic tract. This tract runs through your spinal cord and connects to a ...

Also described as the spinothalamic tract, this is a long, white matter pathway that extends all the way up the spine to the brain. The spinal cord mediates sensation coming from the skin ...

Your brain only makes up about 2 percent of your body weight, but it uses more than 20 percent of your body’s total energy. Besides being the site of conscious thought, your brain controls most ...

Everyone knows that scratching relieves an itch–but how? Neuroscientists now say they’ve found part of the answer in a new study of macaque monkeys. Previous research has suggested that a specific ...

The latest work, in primates, found that scratching the skin blocks activity of nerve cells in the spinothalamic tract during itchiness - preventing the spinal cord from transmitting signals from the ...

Spinal cord stimulation (SCS ... Our lab (NIH 5R01NR018481) is currently performing a randomized controlled trial to study spinothalamic tract lesioning for refractory somatic cancer pain. Up to 30% ...

Frequent Urinary Tract Infections are common in the spinal cord injury population with an average incidence of 2-3 episodes per patient per year. Urinary tract infections are the most common cause of ...