If your healthcare provider is concerned that leukemia cells have spread to your brain or spinal cord, they may recommend ... pathologist examines it under a microscope. A pathologist is a medical ...

(While not all nerve cells have myelin sheaths, those that do — particularly in the white matter of the brain and spinal cord — are ... tiny organs shoved into a microscope envelope of fats ...

His spinal cord had been completely severed ... These cells are called olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs). Seen through the electron microscope, the arrangements of the OECs suggest they exert a ...

Instead of using expensive, high-resolution microscopes to improve the ... which controls the activity of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, showed how well the new method worked.

The most common type is called renal cell cancer. The information contained on this page ... especially the brain and spinal cord. Ultrasound (also called sonography). A diagnostic imaging technique ...

A new drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive loss of neural function in spinal ...

Boosting communication between the spinal nerves and the muscles using the spinal cord stimulation reverses spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) progression and could be applied to other motoneuron diseases, ...

In a small human trial in SMA patients neurostimulation sessions improved motoneuron function, reduced fatigue, and improved leg muscle strength and walking.

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, prostate ...