The spinal cord is the first point in the central nervous system where signals from the body enter below the neck ... initial sensory processing in the human spinal cord, Science Advances ...

Recent research reveals how spinal health may influence the gut-brain connection, offering new perspectives on managing ...

When the spinal cord gets damaged, it interrupts the communication between the brain and the rest of the body. Normally ... device Tests in live animals and human cadavers came up with promising ...

Understand imaging of the brain and spinal cord. Dissection of the human body is a privilege that is often restricted to medical and/or students enrolled in health professions. Many anatomy educators ...

Understanding Spinal Cord Injury: Part 1 - The Body Before and After Injury (PDF ... within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents ...

Scientific publications and reach in the field have shown already that post-injury angiogenesis and vascular remodeling ...

Spinal cord injury (SCI)-a condition that leads to ... in accelerating recovery and improve motor function in non-human primates after SCI. Prof. Takahashi explains, "Our previous study ...

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 ...

Courtine, and his colleague, the neurosurgeon Jocelyne Bloch, now felt confident that they could deploy the technologies to help patients with spinal ... to repair the human body and evolve ...

Spinal cord injuries are life-altering, often leaving individuals with severe mobility impairments. While rehabilitation robotics-devices that guide movement during therapy-have improved training for ...

He started a foundation that has raised more than $7 million for spinal cord research and adaptive equipment for other injured people. Know a hero? Send suggestions to heroesamongus@peoplemag.com.