An estimated 18,000 people in the United States annually suffer from new injuries to their spinal cords. Unfortunately for ...

Scientists have identified a previously unknown type of neural stem cell (pNSC) that exists outside the brain and spinal cord ...

Humans and other animal species can experience many types of pain throughout the course of their lives, varying in intensity, ...

These cells are located in the spinal cord. Because the muscles cannot respond to signals from the nerves, they atrophy — weaken and shrink — from inactivity. One in every 6,000 babies is born with ...

Multiple sclerosis causes lesions to the spinal cord and other parts of the central nervous system. An MRI can detect spinal cord lesions and help diagnose and monitor the condition. Multiple ...

Experiencing a spinal cord injury is life-changing in nearly every aspect of a person’s well-being: physically, emotionally, and socially. The initial shock of the injury often comes with fear, ...

Researchers at NeuroRestore, led by Grégoire Courtine and Jocelyne Bloch, have developed a technology that combines rehabilitation robotics with an implanted spinal cord neuroprosthesis. Integrating ...

Proper motor function depends on an intact nerve complex to conduct impulses between the central and peripheral nervous systems. Neurons, consisting of are incapable of undergoing mitosis after ...

The brachial plexus is made up of 350,000 individual nerve fibers (axons) that exit the spinal cord through five openings in the spinal column to form five nerve roots. Four of the nerve roots emerge ...