The reference standard was set to be disc herniation causing impingement (compression and/or dislocation) of a spinal nerve root ... the possible dermatome distribution of the pain, the presence ...

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 sleeve (red arrow) ...

Back pain often happens because something is off in the way your spinal joints, muscles, discs, and nerves fit together and move. Nighttime back pain is a special type of lower back pain that ...

Their new study, published in Imaging Neuroscience, successfully maps the functional connectivity between the brain and spinal cord in humans, providing a more detailed view of how these two ...

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.

The nervous system consists of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous system (motor nerves, sensory nerves, cranial and spinal nerves, autonomic ganglia ...

Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) comprises narrowing of the spinal canal with subsequent neural compression, and is frequently associated with symptoms of neurogenic claudication. To establish a ...

And it also helped damaged nerves in the spinal cord to regrow. The researchers hope that this unexpected bonus will enable some paralysed people ultimately to regain independent movement.

Your healthcare provider may recommend surgery for treating nerve compression, nerve damage, fractures, spinal stenosis, or a ...

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 ...