A CSF leak occurs when the fluid escapes through a tear or hole in the dura mater—the tough, outermost layer of the meninges ...

Epidural and spinal blocks are types of anesthesia commonly used during labor for childbirth. While spinal blocks offer total ...

Doctors use the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury when determining the classification of injuries. If there is ...

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 ...

Most scientists accept that it involves activation and sensitization of the trigeminovascular system, which includes the sensory peripheral projections to the pain-producing dura mater ...

To date, it has been extremely difficult to promote the regrowth of neurons after spinal cord injury which is a major obstacle in the development of successful treatments for such debilitating ...

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 ...

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 ...

Spinal Cord is a specialised, international journal that has been publishing spinal cord related manuscripts since 1963. It appears monthly, online and in print, and accepts contributions on ...

What became clear on Thursday night after No. 1-ranked Mater Dei opened the football season with a 42-25 win over No. 2 Corona Centennial is that few schools in California, if not the nation ...

A CSF leak occurs when the fluid escapes through a tear or hole in the dura mater – the tough, outermost layer of the ...