A decentralized nervous system is one factor that helps octopuses adapt to changes, such as injury or predation, as seen in the case of an Octopus vulgaris, or common octopus, that was observed with ...

Spinal cord stimulation can reduce pain and restore nerve function among patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy.

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 ...

Objective: To observe the effects of scoliosis-specific exercise therapy combined with braces and orthopedic insoles on improved spinal deformity and walking ability in adolescents with idiopathic ...

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 ...

to eliminate the CST axons in the spinal cord. In this study, we used transgenic mice, in which the CST axons are specifically labeled with yellow fluorescent protein (YFP), combined with an ...

Using a reporter gene to see where it would wind up, they observed that the genetic instructions went where they had hoped — to the brain and spinal cord and muscle cells — but also ...

Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating health condition that may lead to permanent disabilities and death.

Human adult stem cells, including umbilical cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hUCB-MSCs), have recently been considered a promising alternative treatment for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) ...

Anderson Cooper: This week on 60 Minutes, we're doing a story about efforts to help people who are paralyzed with severe spinal cord injuries develop the ability to walk again. And not just walk ...