The Next Steps clinic in Willow Springs is providing access to the Arc-Ex device, a non-invasive device that bridges an ...

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 ...

A stem cell treatment helped improve the motor function of two out of four patients with a spinal cord injury in the first clinical study of its kind, Japanese scientists said. There is currently ...

For people with spinal cord injuries/diseases (SCI/D), performing daily tasks can be a challenge due to an impaired ability to grasp and manipulate objects with their hands.

Multiple sclerosis causes lesions to the spinal cord and other parts of the central nervous system. An MRI can detect spinal cord lesions and help diagnose and monitor the condition. Multiple ...

For patients with mainly mild posterior circulation ischemic stroke, alteplase administered at 4.5 to 24 hours after onset results in higher frequency of functional independence.

causes inflammation of vertebrae and ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament, which causes the ligament connecting those vertebrae to harden. The fall bruised Penn’s spinal cord and ...

Using magnetoencephalography (MEG), the research team was able to locate three key areas of the brain that track when something is likely to happen: First, the posterior parietal cortex ...

Professor Yimin Zou and colleagues have published surprising results that reveal that RYK expression inhibits wound healing, ...

The convergent inputs to the central projection of the trigeminovascular system, the trigeminal nucleus caudalis and the C1 and C2 regions of the spinal cord, collectively known as the ...