The brain is the command center for your body, and the spinal cord is the pathway for messages sent by the brain to the body and from the body to the brain. The peripheral nervous system is the ...

Like a highway system, the vagus nerve branches profusely from your brain through your organs to marshal bodily functions, ...

Figure 1b: Similar view of the same fistula using a 3D flat panel CTA reconstruction showing greater detail of the abnormal artery-venous connection within in the nerve root dural sleeve (red arrow) ...

The nervous system consists of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous system (motor nerves, sensory nerves, cranial and spinal nerves, autonomic ganglia ...

Aug. 2, 2024 — Scientists are focusing on a previously understudied part of the brain and spinal cord -- white matter. Their discoveries could lead to treatments that restore nerve activity ...

Neurogenic bladder is when a problem in your brain, spinal cord, or central nervous ... Urge incontinence. Nerves and muscles work together to keep urine in your bladder. But if you have ...

Fibromyalgia pain is believed to come from complex and interrelated dysfunctions throughout the nervous system (brain, spinal cord, and nerves). It can manifest ... you’re bound to come across a ...

Sensory neurones carry electrical signals - nerve impulses - towards the central nervous system (spinal cord and brain). The signal starts in a receptor which detects a change. Relay neurones ...

Severe injuries to the spinal cord damage nerve cells, disrupt communication with the brain and rest of the body, and lead to lasting disabilities for millions of people worldwide. The injury ...

Having lectured both nationally and internationally in the use of spinal cord stimulation for the management of spinal pain, I am frequently called upon to use my expertise in cases that involve ...

A drug called bumetanide, which is used to treat edema in people, reduced this cellular swelling and resulting cell death in mice. Mice given the drug after an injury were better able to move their ...

Gavin Creel, an accomplished Broadway actor best known for his performance in Hello, Dolly!, has died. He was 48 years old.