Nucleus pulposus cells were isolated from 8-week-old Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats. Initially, the soft tissue surrounding the tail was carefully dissected to expose the intervertebral disc. The nucleus ...

The cushion-like structures called intervertebral discs serve ... If this leakage occurs on the rear side of the disc, the leaked nucleus pulposus can put pressure against the nearby nerve roots ...

Lumbar herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP ... thickening and bulging of the ligamentum flavum, bulging of an intervertebral disc, osteophyte formation, or spondylolisthesis. Symptoms include leg ...

Autoimmune theory (10, 13): The nucleus pulposus, being an immune-privileged tissue normally ... collagenase injection at an extradiscal target point of the lumbar intervertebral disc, combined with ...

A recent study shows the potential of chitosan hydrogels combined with decellularised nucleus pulposus matrix and growth factor microspheres to prevent intervertebral disc degeneration. 59 This ...

Spinal disorders, particularly those related to intervertebral discs, have become one of the leading causes of disability and chronic pain across the globe. The prosthetic disc nucleus provides a ...

Intrigued by this fact and how it might apply to humans, researchers in Toronto, Canada, decided to conduct a gene expression study on intervertebral discs from canines. Their results, presented ...

In conclusion, as an invaluable complement to biomechanical experiments and clinical studies, the finite element method makes important contributions to our understanding of biomechanics of ...

There are many ways to evaluate disk space usage on Linux, and this post examines a number of commands that allow you to view used and available disk space. The df command stands for “disk free ...