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

Patients implanted with a spinal cord simulation system reported less severe pain from baseline to follow up. Treatment also improved sensory nerve function and thermoregulation in extremities.

From January 2010 to June 2014, we evaluated 12 cases of CPs that were surgically treated using the advanced musculocutaneous scrotal flap technique after degloving through a ventral approach.

In most vertebrates, painful sensations are known to arise from the nervous system, which includes the brain, an intricate network of nerves and the spinal cord. While the brain's contribution to ...

Quantification of motor axons crossing the ventral midline To count motor axons in the ventral midline, brachial spinal cord sections were immunolabeled for Prph and NF. The number of Prph + axons ...

A trip to the emergency room resulted in an MRI, which showed she had a noncancerous spinal cord tumor. Spinal cord tumors make up less than 1% of all newly diagnosed tumors. Dr. Carlos Bagley is ...