Karla Flores was diagnosed with a rare brain tumor. An misplaced MRI found a second, nearly inoperable, tumor on her spine.

Spinal cord stimulation can reduce pain and restore nerve function among patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy.

Spinal stenosis means a narrowing of the spinal canal – a space within the spine which protects the spinal cord and nerve roots. Lumbar refers to segment of your spine that contains the five spinal ...

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating, debilitating, and life-altering condition that currently lacks a definitive cure or highly effective treatment ...

Despite its importance, problems related to CSF often go unnoticed until something goes wrong.

Discover the major causes of partial paralysis from stroke and trauma to inflammatory conditions and tumors, plus warning ...

Spinal stenosis surgery helps to reopen your spinal canal, the channel in your backbone that houses your spinal cord and other nerves. A doctor does the surgery when the space in the canal narrows ...

Antibodies can improve the rehabilitation of people with acute spinal cord injury ... antibody that was injected directly into the spinal canal; the remaining 48 people received placebo.

They were all suffering from acute complete to incomplete spinal cord injury in the neck region ... that was injected directly into the spinal canal; the remaining 48 people received placebo.

Cerebral spinal fluid (CSF), fat and tissue also help protect the spinal cord inside the spinal column. There is a hole (spinal canal) between the vertebrae body and the vertebrae arch. The spinal ...

These neurons are found in the ependymal layer shown in blue, which is a thin layer of specialized epithelial cells surrounding the central canal, a hollow space in the spinal cord that is filled with ...