Newswatch 16's Kerry Kearns talked to a neurosurgeon at UPMC about the connection between the brain and spinal cord and when ...

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The advantages of laser spine surgery are multi-faceted, offering significant benefits to patients. As a minimally invasive procedure, it results in less bodily trauma and consequently, a reduced ...

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Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a disorder affecting the motor neurons—nerve cells that control voluntary muscle movement. These cells are located in the spinal cord. Because the muscles cannot ...

Department of Medical Imaging, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Intelligent Imaging and Nanomedicine, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, P. R. China Laboratory Animal Center, Shanxi ...

Unlike most other animals, snakes do not have limbs to help them get from one place to another. Instead, they slither — but there's a little more to snake anatomy than how they move. Finely tuned for ...

A recent study by Dr. Jordan Verplank, Assistant Professor in the Department of Anatomy ... the peripheral nerves—the extensive network of nerves that connect the brain and spinal cord to ...

He used dissection to explore the anatomy of the brain and spinal cord, including the spinal nerves. Galen also demonstrated the functions of nerves, along with many other aspects of the human body, ...

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 ...

It’s important to take a moment to pause and take a long, slow exhale as we navigate life. In our podcast series, "Breathe Away Anxiety," we explore ancient breathing techniques alongside cutting-edge ...