Boosting communication between the spinal nerves and the muscles using the spinal cord stimulation reverses spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) progression and could be applied to other motoneuron diseases, ...

Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger when an implanted device zapped their ...

aDivision of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada bDivision of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada ...

A lumbar puncture (spinal tap) is a common test doctors use to check for signs of MS in your spinal fluid. But a lumbar puncture on its own isn’t enough to confirm an MS diagnosis. Diagnosing ...

In addition to the cool guy leader (Omari Hardwick), there’s a quippy shapeshifter (Sam Richardson, who does the best he can with this material, and comes out of Section 31 okay), an “I’m ...

The disc serves as a shock absorber between each lumbar bone. It also helps support your body weight and allow movement between each vertebra. The spinal cord is the bundle of nerve tissue that ...

Recovery from spinal stenosis surgery can vary based on what type of procedure was performed and the number of vertebrae operated on. Activity restrictions will be put in place during the initial ...

The spinal cord is covered by Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) to protect the cord. This fluid is covered by a plastic layer called a durometer. When there is an injury, such as stabbing in Saif Ali Khan’s ...

showing spinal disinhibition — disruption of the spinal cord’s inhibitory systems that modulate pain signals — in people with fibromyalgia syndrome. The results suggest that spinal ...

They recently performed the first lumbar total disc replacement in the Birmingham area, and one of the first in all of Alabama, using Centinel Spine’s prodisc® L Total Disc Replacement (TDR) ...