The center of a healthy intervertebral disc contains no blood vessels or neurons. This area is called the nucleus pulposus, and it’s like a jelly-filled shock absorber. But under conditions like low ...

He explains that this column contains of 23 segments, called intervertebral discs ... the softer inner material of the disc, known as the nucleus pulposus." When that outer ring becomes damaged ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It works by degrading the chondroitin sulfate that, in its hydrated state, makes up the bulk of the nucleus pulposus of the intervertebral disc. Safety-wise, one of the concerns of this approach ...