and some health conditions that can affect its functions. The spinal cord is a long, tube-like structure extending from the base of your brain (the brain stem). It’s made of a collection of ...

Autonomic: The spinal cord sends messages to regulate the internal organs of the body. This includes control of smooth muscles, such as the muscles that move your lungs, stomach, intestines ...

Ninety percent of paralyzed patients regained strength or function in their upper limbs after receiving an experimental therapy, a new study found. After receiving spinal cord simulation from ...

Anderson Cooper: This week on 60 Minutes, we're doing a story about efforts to help people who are paralyzed with severe spinal cord injuries develop the ability to walk again. And not just walk ...

"Spinal Cord Injury remains one of the most ... A complete study of the structure, property, and function relationships of these precisely designed scaffolds for optimised performance at the ...

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 ...

They found that the implantation of an engineered spinal-cord-like transplant significantly promoted cell survival, neural regeneration, angiogenesis and locomotion function recovery in rats after ...

Dave Marver: So, if you have an injury, the communication between the brain and the spinal cord that controls movement and other functions, it's interrupted. Anderson Cooper: Dave Marver is the ...