Like a highway system, the vagus nerve branches profusely from your brain through your organs to marshal bodily functions, ...

After a spinal cord injury, nearby cells quickly rush to action, forming protective scar tissue around the damaged area to ...

David Julius and Wendy Yue have discovered a natural mechanism that could help reduce scarring after a spinal cord injury.

The vagus nerve originates from four clusters of neurons in the brain’s medulla, where the brainstem attaches to the spinal cord. Most nerves in our body branch directly from the spinal cord: They are ...

Morphine activates a 'morphine ensemble' The researchers discovered that morphine affects a selected set of neurons in the brain in the part called the rostral ventromedial medulla (RVM).

Losing your ability to walk due to drunk driving is not only traumatic but also extremely expensive. Furthermore, it's best ...

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 ...

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 ...

No virus was recovered from the heart, pericardial fluid, blood, spinal cord, medulla, cerebrospinal fluid, liver, wall of the ileum or the contents of the colon. The mechanism responsible for ...

ONWARD Medical N.V. (Euronext: ONWD), the medical technology company creating innovative spinal cord stimulation therapies to restore movement, function, and independence in people with spinal cord ...