Image Credit: MDGRPHCS/Shutterstock.com What is the anatomy of the spinal cord? The human spinal cord is a cylindrical structure of nerve tissue that is protected by the spinal column and composed ...

Spinal deformities refer to abnormal curvatures or malformations of the spine that can affect its shape, structure, and function. Scroll down to learn why these deformities are rising in adolescents.

The obturator nerve plays an essential role in the body’s peripheral nervous system. This system includes nerves and ganglia, or clusters of nerves located near your spinal cord.

Regeneration occurs because PNS cell bodies are sensitive to damage to their nerve processes, and they react by sending out a signal that triggers the nerve fibers to regrow, explains Allan Basbaum, ...

NEW YORK, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Three patients whose lower bodies were left completely paralyzed after spinal cord injuries were able to walk, cycle and swim using a nerve-stimulation device ...

Sometimes a disk, the cushion that separates your vertebrae, can slip out of place, press on a spinal nerve, and cause back pain. In a diskectomy, the surgeon removes all or part of the disk.

A pinched nerve can be very painful—no matter where it’s located in your body. If you experience one in your back, it can travel to other parts of the body and cause sharp pain, tingling, numbness, or ...

Charles Bell, Continuation of the Paper on the Relations between the Nerves of Motion and of Sensation, and the Brain; and More Particularly on the Structure of the Medulla Oblongata and of the Spinal ...