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, ...

The disc serves as a shock absorber between each lumbar bone. It also helps support your body weight and allow movement between each vertebra. The spinal cord is the bundle of nerve tissue that ...

Vagus Nerve Stimulation therapy is a treatment for epilepsy that involves a stimulator (or 'pulse generator') which is connected, inside the body, to the left vagus nerve in the neck. The stimulator ...

A foraminotomy is a surgical procedure to widen those openings if they become narrow, relieving pressure on nerve roots in the spine. There are two types of spinal foramen: Vertebral foramen ...

A new study has lifted the lid on five species of root-lesion nematodes living in maize crops across New Zealand—and suggested the existence of a hitherto-unsuspected cryptic species ...

Figure 1: Photomicrographs of the Pratylenchus spp. identified in New Zealand maize fields;A- heat-killed female of Morphospecies 1 (slightly ventrally curved); B- heat-killed female ...

Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal that causes compression of the spinal cord and/or nerve roots. Resulting pain and numbness ... American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Lumbar ...

During the repair phase of annulus fibrosus lesions, newly formed capillaries ... the three major pathogenic mechanisms in lumbar disc herniation (LDH). The mechanical compression theory focuses on ...

In an animal model of neuropathic pain where the fifth lumbar (L5 ... due to peripheral nerve injury, following surgical interventions, diabetic neuropathy, trauma, vertebral disc herniation, nerve ...

Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. returns for its eleventh season on PBS. Over the course of 10 new episodes, Gates and his team use genealogical detective work and cutting-edge DNA ...

Sony Xperia L4 is a 6.2 inches tall smartphone that gives a resolution of 720 x 1680 pixels. The smartphone is launched in the month of Feb 2020. The smartphone features a triple camera that ...