A new drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive loss of neural function in spinal ...

Boosting communication between the spinal nerves and the muscles using the spinal cord stimulation reverses spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) progression and could be applied to other motoneuron diseases, ...

A new drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive loss of neural function in spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease.

Finding it hard to breathe when you lay down is medically called orthopnea. Find a list of potential causes to help narrow down your overall risk here.

[s5] A diffuse gadolinium enhancement of the lumbosacral nerve roots and cauda equina could be found ... length or at specific levels, notably at the cervical levels.56 57 This is despite spinal cord ...

Sympathetic ganglia RFA is still in use; however most of its application has been replaced, to a great extent, by spinal cord ... median nerve branch radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for cervical ...

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 ...

Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger when an implanted device zapped their ...

Three patients with spinal muscular atrophy had improved muscle strength and could walk farther after a month of daily spinal stimulation.

The BBC spoke to six people - including Erica, Jessica and Jack - who have had their first cervical screening in the last six months People not knowing about options to make their cervical ...

Electrical stimulation of the spinal cord strengthened the muscles of three people with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare motor neuron disease.

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed long segment hyperintensity in the thoracic spinal cord from T2 to 10 level on sagittal ... The examinations of cranial nerves and upper extremities were normal ...