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 ...

In this procedure, a surgeon removes parts of the bone, bone spurs, or ligaments in your back. This relieves pressure on spinal nerves and can ease pain or weakness, but the procedure can make ...

Multiple sclerosis causes lesions to the spinal cord and other parts of the central nervous ... The CNS includes the brain, spinal cord, and optic nerves. A misdirected inflammatory response ...

The spine, or backbone, is made up of a column of 33 bones and tissue extending from the skull to the pelvis. These bones, or vertebrae, enclose and protect a cylinder of nerve tissues known as ...

A high school teacher recounts how a seemingly unconnected sensation led to an unexpected diagnosis—that fortunately wasn't permanently damaging.

This vector carries the gene encoding the active part of botulinum toxin, which it will make in the spinal cord to block the sensory nerve signals that result in involuntary bladder contractions.