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

(UPDATE) TOKYO — A stem cell treatment helped improve the motor function of two out of four patients with a spinal cord injury in the first clinical study of its kind, Japanese scientists said. There ...

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 ...

Technical limitations have excluded the spinal cord from imaging-based research. Available data are restricted to a few microstructural analyses, and functional connectivity data are absent. The ...

The condition, which Blue singer Duncan James was recently diagnosed with, is where the nerves at the bottom of the spinal cord become severely compressed. It's known to cause back pain ...

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 ...

Myelopathy can affect any section of the spinal cord. There are different types of myelopathy named after the part of the spinal column affected. The compression of the spinal cord can block nerve ...

The Spinal Tap sequel 41 years in the making officially has a title and release date: Spinal Tap II: The End Continues will arrive in theaters on September 12th, 2025. The sequel comes courtesy of ...

Studying spinal cord injuries requires a material that can transmit clear signals yet remain flexible for when patients move around. Researchers at Binghamton University think they have hit upon a ...

The spinal cord and nerve root stresses in the cervical rotation-traction ... motion capture as boundary conditions onto the 3D finite element model in steps. By cross-applying finite element analysis ...