At this point, the medical providers also took a sample of the man's stool to analyze.

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

We use acupuncture and electroacupuncture to stimulate the goats’ large and accessory spinal nerves and the muscles in the animals’ legs and backs. This gives the goats more muscle function when the ...

When a person sustains an injury to the spinal cord, the normal communication between the brain and the spinal circuits below ...

Researchers have developed a noninvasive brain-spine interface that detects movement intentions and cues spinal cord ...

A new study suggests that the spinal cord can differentiate types of pain before the brain is even aware of the injury.

As Todd Gladfelter pedals past wildflowers in the Laurel Highlands under a canopy of trees blooming above the Great Allegheny Passage, the world almost feels normal. The 64-year-old from the Reading ...

Capitalizing on the flexibility of tiny cells inside the body's smallest blood vessels may be a powerful spinal cord repair strategy, new research suggests.

until it reaches the brain or spinal cord. There, it spreads within the lining or fluids around these vital body parts and starts developing into a more advanced infection. Non-infectious ...

When pseudoarthrosis affects the cervical or lumbar spine, it means that two vertebrae did not grow together after surgery to fuse them (spinal fusion). Failed spinal fusions are usually due to issues ...

Spinal stenosis exercise programs should be focused on improving spinal flexibility, strengthening the muscles of the trunk and lower extremities, and general overall conditioning to improve spinal ...

Scientists created a model of the human pain pathway in a dish by connecting four separate brain organoids. The feat should help them understand sensory disorders like those affecting pain perception.