New research suggests that electrical spinal cord stimulation could improve muscle function for patients who have spinal ...

Three patients with spinal muscular atrophy had improved muscle strength and could walk farther after a month of daily spinal ...

A team of Australian-led international researchers studying thousands of eyes have found that retinal thickness could be an early indicator of disease ...

Spina bifida, called myelomeningocele, occurs when spinal tissue fails to fuse properly during the early stages of pregnancy. The birth defect can lead to a range of lifelong cognitive, mobility, ...

More research is needed to confirm gray matter, the darker tissue found in the brain and spinal cord, “as a potential disease ...

Cai, now 46, was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, back in 2019. As one of the most ...

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Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Engineered extracellular vesicles play an increasingly important role in the treatment of spinal cord injury. In order to prepare more effective ...

A North Dakota family has accused the Mayo Clinic and two of its 'top doctors' of permanently paralyzing their teen daughter during a series of 'botched' spinal surgeries.

A Grand Forks, N.D., family is accusing Mayo Clinic and two surgeons of permanently paralyzing their teenager from the waist down by failing to protect her spinal cord during a series of corrective ...

The spinal cord is the bundle of nerve tissue that extends from your brain and runs down your back to the L1 vertebra. The spinal cord is responsible for sending messages between your brain and ...