Spinal cord stimulators are designed to address back pain and can be used as part of a patient's treatment plan.

After a spinal cord injury, nearby cells quickly rush to action, forming protective scar tissue around the damaged area to ...

University of Queensland researchers have made a significant step towards enabling women with epilepsy safer access to a ...

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 ...

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 ...

The brain and spinal cord are your body’s central nervous system. 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 ...

We have a full range of histology equipment, including tissue processors ... The SBTB consists of a local donor cohort of brain and spinal cord tissue from diseased patients with MND, PD and dementias ...

Researchers have designed, in mice, an approach to minimizing the damage from a spinal cord injury through the use of engineered immune cells. Mice given the treatment had improved recovery from ...

Unlike in healthy individuals, the immune cells of MS patients traffic to the brain and spinal cord, where they produce ...

The brain and spinal cord are the central pillars of the human central nervous system (CNS), orchestrating everything from movement to sensation. Despite significant advances in neuroscience ...

A paralysed man with a severed spinal cord has been able to walk again, thanks to an implant developed by a team of Swiss researchers. It is the first time someone who has had a complete cut to ...

Segments are positioned in casettes in 3 x 3 arrays between biopsy pads for processing, and are embedded as positioned at trimming. This allows the distribution of lesions over the length of the ...