Nerves look blue in the reconstructed view of a genetically engineered mouse (left) whose neurons produce a fluorescent ...

For chronic pain patients, though, the brain interprets even neutral sensations as pain and suffering. In effect, pain ...

Sudden onset blindness spurred Mark Pollock to become an adventure athlete, and when a fall from a second-story window ...

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When a person sustains an injury to the spinal cord, the normal communication between the brain and the spinal circuits below the injury is interrupted, resulting in paralysis.

Electrode stimulation for spinal cord injury patients is a growing and promising research area. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Rats exhibit significant recovery of locomotor function following incomplete spinal cord injuries, albeit with altered gait expression and reduced speed and stepping frequency. These changes likely ...

Chronic reflex sympathetic dystrophy (also called the complex regional pain syndrome) is a painful, disabling disorder for which there is no proven treatment. In observational studies, spinal cord ...

The brain isn’t the only place where MS lesions can develop — the disease can also attack the spinal cord, which can result in an increased risk of disability.

Spinal cord compression produces edema, inflammation, and mechanical compression, which causes direct neural injury to the cord, as well as vascular damage and impairment of oxygenation.

Spinal cord articles from across Nature Portfolio The spinal cord is a bundle of nerves and supporting tissue that extends from the brain. It has an essential role in conducting motor and sensory ...