An estimated 18,000 people in the United States annually suffer from new injuries to their spinal cords. Unfortunately for ...

The brain and spinal cord are your body’s central nervous system ... and dilation/contraction of blood vessels (blood pressure).

type II malformations consist of an abnormal connection between the arteries and veins occurring within the spinal cord itself. The connection takes place in a focused collection of abnormal vessels ...

Cancers that spread to the spine move to the bone marrow of the vertebral column by way of blood vessels. Spinal cord compression can also occur through direct tumor extension, which is frequently ...

Humans and other animal species can experience many types of pain throughout the course of their lives, varying in intensity, ...

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 ...

"CGRP is also a potent vasodilator, and we saw increased vascularization of the fat—new blood vessels forming as a result of ...

Experiencing a spinal cord injury is life-changing in nearly every aspect of a person’s well-being: physically, emotionally, and socially. The initial shock of the injury often comes with fear, ...

Courtine, and his colleague, the neurosurgeon Jocelyne Bloch, now felt confident that they could deploy the technologies to help patients with spinal cord injuries get back on their feet again.

A team from the Institute of Materials Science of Madrid (ICMM-CSIC), in collaboration with researchers from the National Hospital of Paraplegics, achieved a reconnection of a completely severed ...