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 ...

Spinal cord injuries (SCIs) can temporarily or permanently disrupt ... Therapeutic approaches that could potentially unlock the body’s potential to repair and reconnect nerve pathways, combined with ...

Spinal cord injury (SCI)—a condition that leads to partial or complete paralysis—has a profound impact on millions of individuals globally. Despite recent advances in SCI treatment, restoring lost ...

the channel in your backbone that houses your spinal cord and other nerves. A doctor does the surgery when the space in the canal narrows because of arthritis, bone spurs, or other problems.

Researchers have used genetic tools to investigate how specific nerve cells in the brain respond after a spinal cord injury.

If an axolotl hurts its spinal cord, its glial cells go to work to repair the nerve damage and fix the injury. The same cells in humans work to form scar tissue, which prevents nerve pathways from ...

Patients with spinal cord injuries have been offered the chance to walk again after the success of a Chinese trial.

brain stem and spinal cord, and the peripheral nervous system (PNS), which extends from the CNS and includes all nerves that connect it to the rest of the body. Combined, these two parts control a ...