They're placed directly on the dura mater in order to simulate the brain signals that can't be transmitted naturally because of a spinal cord injury. The feat of implanting the electrodes was ...

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 ...

Since CSF is essential for maintaining integrity of the brain and spinal cord, its leakage poses serious health ... behind CSF leaks that need immediate attention are: Trauma: The dura mater, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bourguignon, Lukas et al. systematically review the effect of drugs commonly administered after traumatic spinal cord injury on the neurological recovery in both animal studies and humans.

Australian researchers are about to launch a human trial to treat spinal cord injury by transplanting cells from the noses of paralysed patients into the damaged area. Griffith University ...

That chair opened doors for me that I never thought I’d get back Dr Éimear Smith, a consultant in rehabilitative medicine in the National Rehabilitation and Mater hospitals, says spinal cord ...

He was taken to an area hospital with swelling of the brain and a spinal cord injury, a spokeswoman said. The crash remains under investigation.

The purpose of cord cutting is to save a considerable amount of money each month. A "cord never" or "never-connected" is someone who never had such a subscription, while "cord shavers" are ...