The spinal cord is an important part of the central nervous system that carries signals between the brain and the body. It is protected by the vertebral column, a series of bones that surround and ...

Cervical myelopathy is a condition that happens when the spinal cord in the neck is compressed or squeezed. There are many things that can cause this, but one of the most common is cervical ...

mostly in the dorsal and lumbar regions. Only rarely, however, does such a hemangioma cause spinal-cord compression. Myelocompression by hemangioma of the cervical vertebral bodies is particularly ...

Each vertebra is numbered and grouped into 5 regions. Diagram ... including degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis, arthritis, fibromyalgia, and scoliosis. The University of Alabama at Birmingham ...

As a result, bones or other parts of the spine start pressing on your spinal cord and other nerves ... Stenosis usually occurs in the cervical region of the spine near the head and neck, or ...

A stem cell treatment helped improve the motor function of two out of four patients with a spinal cord injury in the first ... with SCI between C5 and C7 cervical levels, this can ...

The brain and spinal cord are your body’s central nervous system. The brain is the command center for your body, and the spinal cord is the pathway for messages sent by the brain to the body and from ...

Multiple sclerosis causes lesions to the spinal cord and other parts of the central nervous system. An MRI can detect spinal cord lesions and help diagnose and monitor the condition. Multiple ...

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 were all suffering from acute complete to incomplete spinal cord injury in the neck region (so called tetraplegia ... to Nogo-A in patients with acute cervical spinal cord injury: a ...