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

Spinal cord compression (SCC) occurs in 5% to 30% of the oncology population and affects patient function, comfort, and general quality of life. Patients with lung cancer, breast cancer ...

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 ...

Scientists develop lab-grown model of the human sensory pathway to investigate how pain signals are transmitted to the brain.

Is neuron regeneration in the adult brain possible? It was long believed that the adult brain could not generate new neurons. However, it is now understood that niches in the brain contain ...

One was a thoracic injury, which was lower in the spinal cord, far from the neuron’s cell body in the brain. Second, a cervical injury, which is higher up and somewhat closer to the brain but still in ...

The neuron then sends a signal to the spinal cord. The team found that the meninges surrounding the lower part of the spinal cord houses an abundance of T-regs. To learn what their function was ...

Apr. 15, 2025 — The smallest control system of vision in mammals has been mapped -- a discovery that opens entirely new insights into how our vision works and how it can be affected by ..