“This means the disease can silently affect the brain and spinal cord even without causing noticeable skin lesions — a ...

These cells are located in the spinal cord. Because the muscles cannot respond to signals from the nerves, they atrophy — weaken and shrink — from inactivity. One in every 6,000 babies is born with ...

When your spinal cord is affected by the disease ... your symptoms must have worsened for at least one year and you should have typical MS lesions in your brain and/or spine. However, using MRI to ...

Spinal cord compression—also called cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM)— is caused by any condition that puts pressure on the spinal cord. Symptoms may develop suddenly or gradually and may include ...

Department of Medical Imaging, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Intelligent Imaging and Nanomedicine, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, P. R. China Laboratory Animal Center, Shanxi ...

Several differences with the clinical setting are apparent. First, the lesion used here (surgical transection of the spinal cord) is quite different from human cases of spinal cord injury ...

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 ...

An experimental new therapy is restoring more function for patients with spinal cord injury, without invasive surgery. Anthony Magliari has come a long way in his 15 years of rehabilitation. He ...

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.

Spinal cord injury often results in permanent paralysis as a consequence of the inability of axons to regenerate across the lesion. Although the adult spinal cord is currently known to be capable ...