For the L5 dorsal ramus, the target is the notch between superior ... at 2 Hz up to 2 V to confirm that there is no motor nerve ablation. Thermal RFA is carried out at 80°C for 90 s.

Like a highway system, the vagus nerve branches profusely from your brain through your organs to marshal bodily functions, ...

The spinal nerves further divide into anterior and posterior rami. Muscle and skin innervation to the extremities originates from the anterior rami and its nerve plexuses of interconnected sensory ...

We established a slice culture method for mid-gestation embryos to examine nerve ... of the dorsal root ganglion (Fig. 3b). In the remaining cases where labeling was also seen in the spinal ...

Spinal stenosis results from narrowing spaces within the spine that put pressure on the spinal cord and nerves, causing pain, ...

Figure 1b: Similar view of the same fistula using a 3D flat panel CTA reconstruction showing greater detail of the abnormal artery-venous connection within in the nerve root dural ... involves ...

The brain is the command center for your body, and the spinal cord is the pathway for messages sent by the brain to the body and from the body to the brain. The peripheral nervous system is the ...

David Julius and Wendy Yue have discovered a natural mechanism that could help reduce scarring after a spinal cord injury.

After a spinal cord injury, nearby cells quickly rush to action, forming protective scar tissue around the damaged area to ...

MS is a disease that can affect your brain and spinal cord, and can cause problems ... though it can also coincide with other optic nerve disorders. It's not known what causes MS. Many reasons ...

Schwann cells make myelin in the peripheral nervous system (PNS: nerves) and oligodendrocytes in the central nervous system (CNS: brain and spinal cord ... Coculture of dorsal root ganglion ...

and there are over 2,300 individuals and families living with spinal cord injury across Ireland. After injury, the long axonal projections of nerve cells are cut and 'die-back' from the injury ...