Karla Flores had a tumor strangling her spinal cord near the base of her skull. Doctors weighed whether they should attempt a ...

Our body has a spinal cord where bundles of nerves pass from the brain to the lower back. When the cervical spine (the neck ...

Columnist Leigh Anne Nelson, usually described as calm, acknowledges a little anxiety about getting her next MRI.

Patients implanted with a spinal cord simulation system reported less ... leads at the T10 to T12 thoracolumbar area and C5 to T1 cervical area, if needed. The researchers conducted assessments ...

Neurosurgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore successfully removed a spinal cord tumor through a woman’s eye socket in a landmark case, the Washington Post reported May 4.

Parasympathetic nerves emerge in the brain and brainstem, and sympathetic nerves arise from the spinal cord. The most ...

In general, people who have peripheral neuropathy may experience: Thoracic ... Cervical spinal stenosis occurs when the hollow space of the spinal canal narrows, compressing the spinal cord.

Neurosurgery experts from UCSF Health will present new research and clinical findings at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston, April 25-28.

Parasympathetic nerves emerge in the brain and brainstem, and sympathetic nerves arise from the spinal cord ... the five segments of the spine—cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum, and coccyx ...

Cervical myelopathy is the most common type of myelopathy, most often caused by aging-related spinal degeneration. Thoracic myelopathy is compression of the spinal cord in the thoracic spine of the ...