The human brain, like the brain of other mammals, is known to start developing before birth, via a coordinated sequence of ...

In a prospective cohort study, researchers evaluated the effects of spinal cord stimulation in the treatment of painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy.

A new understanding of how tumours exploit our nervous system is leading to new ways to treat cancer using familiar drugs ...

BACKGROUND: Recent studies have highlighted the deleterious role of high phosphate intake in hypertension by means of ...

Spinal stenosis means a narrowing of the spinal canal – a space within the spine which protects the spinal cord and nerve roots. Lumbar refers to segment of your spine that contains the five spinal ...

The herniated disc pushes against the spinal cord or spinal nerves and tends to cause pain in the neck or arms. This procedure removes the ruptured disc to alleviate pressure on the nerves or spinal ...

Despite its importance, problems related to CSF often go unnoticed until something goes wrong.

The brain is protected by the skull. The spinal cord is a long bundle of nerves down the middle of the spine. It starts at the base of the brain and goes down to the small of the back. Messages ...

Your spinal cord runs downward through a canal in the center of these bones. The spinal cord is a bundle of nerves that carries messages between the brain and the rest of the body. This is for ...

In this study, published in the prestigious journal Nature on May 21, individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury safely received a combination of stimulation of a nerve in the neck with ...