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

Like a slender, fragile vine made of highly sensitive tissue and a billion neurons ... in the lower back. Not only does the spinal cord act as a hub for all nerve signals traveling between ...

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, ...

Cervical myelopathy is a condition that happens when the spinal cord ... in the ligaments in the back of the spine. Other causes include hardening of the posterior longitudinal ligament or the ...

Prognosis depends greatly on the length of time of the cord impingement, the location of the mass in the spinal column, and the tissue type of the mass. Advanced practice nurses (APNs) such as ...

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

showing spinal disinhibition — disruption of the spinal cord’s inhibitory systems that modulate pain signals — in people with fibromyalgia syndrome. The results suggest that spinal ...

A lumbar puncture (LP), which is also called a spinal ... spinal cord. During the procedure, a needle is carefully inserted between the bones of the lumbar spine, which is in the lower back.

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