For chronic pain patients, though, the brain interprets even neutral sensations as pain and suffering. In effect, pain ...

Nerves look blue in the reconstructed view of a genetically engineered mouse (left) whose neurons produce a fluorescent ...

Rats exhibit significant recovery of locomotor function following incomplete spinal cord injuries, albeit with altered gait expression and reduced speed and stepping frequency. These changes likely ...

Explore the parts and functions of the brain, spinal cord, and nerves with detailed diagrams. Learn how the parts work together to support your body.

Maryland surgeons perform groundbreaking transorbital surgery to remove spinal tumors through a patient's eye socket, saving a young woman with rare chordoma cancer.

A lab develops brain wave decoder that may help in spinal cord injury rehabilitation.

When a person sustains an injury to the spinal cord, the normal communication between the brain and the spinal circuits below the injury are interrupted, resulting in paralysis. Because the brain ...

A 10-minute brain scan can predict the effectiveness of a risky spinal surgery to alleviate intractable pain. The Kobe University result gives doctors a much-needed biomarker to discuss with ...

A 10-minute brain scan can predict the effectiveness of a risky spinal surgery to alleviate intractable pain. The result gives doctors a much-needed biomarker to discuss with patients considering ...

Newswatch 16's Kerry Kearns talked to a neurosurgeon at UPMC about the connection between the brain and spinal cord and when you should see a specialist.

The brain controls everything we do and how our body functions. It sends electrical messages along the spinal cord and the nerve fibres to all the parts of our body.

Spinal cord compression happens when pressure on the spinal cord stops the nerves working normally. Pain is often the first symptom.