Traumatic spinal cord injury is defined as an acute injury of the spinal cord which results in a varying degree of paralysis and/or sensory disorder (1).Injury to the cauda equina is included in the ...

Brain and spinal cord cancers can grow in the central nervous system, which is known as a primary cancer. They can also travel from other parts of the body, like the lung or breast, and form deposits ...

Spinal cord compression is caused by a condition that puts pressure on your spinal cord. Symptoms, such as pain, numbness, or weakness in the arms, hands, legs, or feet, can come on gradually or more ...

Motor: The motor messages sent through the corticospinal tract eventually reach the corresponding muscle as the spinal nerve branches into smaller peripheral motor nerves that extend to the target ...

Cranial sacral therapy may help provide relief for certain conditions, including headaches. There’s a low risk of side effects and you may try this therapy if you have musculoskeletal head, neck ...

The spinal cord’s puzzling plasticity. The spinal cord modulates and finetunes our actions and movements by integrating different sources of sensory information, and it can do so without input from ...

Spinal tumors in children are very rare. They can be malignant (cancerous) or benign (non cancerous). As spine tumors grow, they can put pressure on the spinal cord, resulting in neurologic symptoms.

The spinal cord’s puzzling plasticity . The spinal cord modulates and finetunes our actions and movements by integrating different sources of sensory information, and it can do so without input from ...