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

But centuries of study were required to grasp its complex anatomy and function ... where the brainstem attaches to the spinal cord. Most nerves in our body branch directly from the spinal cord ...

With the help of 3D modeling technology, a team of veterinary experts successfully carried out a rare spinal surgery on an 11 ...

New approaches to promote nerve regeneration: Stem cell therapy, nerve grafts, and neuroprotective treatments. These ...

When the balloon is inflated, the nerve is pressed against hard bone, damaging its insulation so you don’t feel pain from light touches. Glycerol shots. These are injected into the spinal fluid ...

Macrostructural changes in the brain were seven times more evident on scans among 21 SMA patients in the study, than in 21 ...

The spine is quite a complex structure: It consists of vertebrae, intervertebral discs (which act as cushions for vertebrae), ligaments, and nerves. With spinal stenosis, such narrowing of the ...

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 ...

Otherwise known (more appropriately) as kyphosis, the condition describes any rounding of the upper back. Here’s how to ...

Acupuncture is an alternative therapy that may help relieve nerve pain, numbness ... examined acupuncture for treating neuropathy due to spinal cord injury determined it reduced pain severity ...

One widespread spinal disorder is lumbar spinal stenosis, which puts pressure on the nerve cords in the spine. The consequences of this can range from severe pain to paralysis. To date, medicine does ...