She subsequently developed urinary retention. The spinal cord MRI on admission revealed an unusual appearance, with T2 signal abnormality seemingly confined to the lateral funiculi. CSF examination ...

New research suggests that electrical spinal cord stimulation could improve muscle function for patients who have spinal ...

The diagnosis of spinal cord lymphoma is often delayed due to the high risks associated with a spinal cord biopsy, the rarity of the disease, and the lack of specificity of its clinicoradiological ...

can gradually reawaken functionally silent motor neurons in the spinal cord and improve leg muscle strength and walking in ...

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, ...

More than 15 million people worldwide are living with spinal cord injury (SCI), which can affect their sensory and motor ...

In a small human trial in SMA patients neurostimulation sessions improved motoneuron function, reduced fatigue, and improved leg muscle strength and walking.

A neurosurgeon and a neuroscientist discover promising new ways to help people with spinal cord injuries walk again ...

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 ...

Her injuries have left her with paralysis in her right leg, weakness in her left leg and some degree of paralysis in both ...

Spinal cord injury (SCI) remains the most serious complication of repairing descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms, with endovascular ...