These nerve pairs spread throughout your body to deliver commands from your brain and spinal cord to and from parts of your body. Diagram. The central nervous system and peripheral nervous system work ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A brief application of a polymer commonly used in medicine and cosmetics has been shown to immediately repair damaged nerve membranes in live guinea pigs with severe spinal cord ...

The body’s messengers Beginning at the brain or spinal cord, nerves extend into every part of our bodies. They conduct information to and fro at blistering speeds. The electrochemical nerve impulses ...

Symptoms may develop suddenly or gradually and may include pain or stiffness in the neck or back, balance issues, or a ...

damage to the spinal cord, nerve injury, and paralysis. Another rare but serious risk is an epidural abscess, which can cause incontinence, urinary retention, fever, and back pain. And the shots ...

the spinal cord and the associated PNS is the communication highway that carries nerve signals to and from the brain. The PNS consists of a vast network of nerves that branch out from the brain and ...

Only then can it be taken forward." Nerves in the spinal cord send signals from the brain to the legs. Some people are paralysed when the nerves are damaged through injury. In Michel's case there ...

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 ...

An evidence review on the diagnosis and treatment of tethered spinal cord, a rare condition affecting the nervous system, ...

If the spinal cord is damaged, instructions from the brain telling muscles to move can't be transmitted, causing paralysis. Since nerve injury is irreversible, current treatments for such patients ...

His team has created nerve bridges from olfactory ensheathing cells, overcoming previous limitations involved in the transplantation of cells directly into the spinal cord. Professor St John said ...