Myelopathy refers to a cluster of symptoms that result from spinal cord compression. This can occur from trauma, inflammation, tumors, or the aging-related degeneration of the spine. Spinal cord ...

A life-changing therapy being used at a small rehabilitation clinic in suburban Chicago is giving new hope to people with spinal cord injuries. Next Steps Chicago in Willow Springs is a non-profit ...

Capitalizing on the flexibility of tiny cells inside the body's smallest blood vessels may be a powerful spinal cord repair strategy, new research suggests. Capitalizing on the flexibility of tiny ...

He came close to being paralyzed. Transported to a trauma unit in Oklahoma City, he underwent 10-hour reconstructive surgery on his spinal chord with screws and pins inserted into his back.

Touch, however, is diffuse: The neurons that relay touch signals reside in clusters outside the spinal cord, from which they extend a vast web of axon fibers, like jellyfish tentacles, into the skin ...

Actor Nick Moran, who played Scabior the snatcher in the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows movies, has undergone a major spinal cord surgery, revealed People magazine. His representative, confirmed ...

“I spoke to one of his family members and he damaged his neck somehow and it’s affecting his spinal cord and some of the things that operate your speech and your legs,” Stone said of the 55 ...