Neurological examination revealed symptoms of an incomplete thoracic spinal cord dysfunction. There was a mild amyotrophy (distal proximal) of the left leg, but no muscular weakness or gait ...

The vasoconstrictor nerve pathway includes cortical, hypothalamic and medullary centers, as well as the nuclei of origin of the sympathetic fibers in the spinal cord, and their further course ...

Researchers in Ismael Seáñez’s lab have developed a type of decoder to restore communication between the brain and the area below a spinal cord injury. Through experiments in their lab with 17 ...

Scientists at UC San Diego are looking into the body's healing mechanisms for clues on recovery from spinal cord injury. A new study by researchers in the Department of Neurobiology (School of ...

But at 16, she she suffered a rare spinal cord stroke, leaving her paralyzed below the neck. The sudden change was devastating. “I actually walked into the emergency room,” she says.

Patients implanted with a spinal cord simulation system reported less severe pain from baseline to follow up. Treatment also improved sensory nerve function and thermoregulation in extremities.

The purpose of the study was to observe the elastic properties of the aorta in normal fetuses by M-mode echocardiography.This was a prospective cross-sectional study performed in 402 normal fetuses ...

Imaging shows regeneration of sensory axons four weeks after a spinal cord injury in an adult mouse injected with PDGF-BB at the lesion site. COLUMBUS, Ohio – Capitalizing on the flexibility of ...

WILLOW SPRINGS, Ill. (WGN) — There has been an extraordinary step forward in the treatment of spinal cord injuries. For the patients who come through the door of the Next Steps clinic in ...

We have no privacy and share a bathroom. Three months ago, my son, 22, had a spinal cord injury and is now paraplegic. They are optimistic about his recovery, but it will take a long time.

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