Neurites include axons, which are often severed during spinal cord injuries. When axons are cut, communication between ...

Scientists investigating potential drugs to improve recovery from spinal cord injury have uncovered a promising route to new treatments. Researchers tested more than 1,000 potential drugs and ...

Scientists at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed an immunotherapy to minimize the damage from traumatic spinal cord injury. Their findings in mice show that ...

Scientists are focusing on a previously understudied part of the brain and spinal cord -- white matter. Their discoveries could lead to treatments that restore nerve activity through the targeted ...

Adrian Banks and his 10-year-old sister Aubrey Banks were struck by a vehicle around evening hours Monday.

[18 F]3F4AP in a human subject after mild incomplete spinal cord injury. (A) Maximum-intensity projection (MIP), sagittal, and coronal CT images showing laminectomies at T10–T12. Selected regions of ...

Individuals living with spinal cord injury or disease who have been impacted by Winter Storm Fern may be eligible for ...

The type of back surgery you may need depends on what’s causing your back pain. Procedures that treat compression of the spinal cord, such as laminectomy and spinal fusion, are among the most common ...

Injuries, infection and inflammatory diseases that damage the spinal cord can lead to intractable pain and disability. Some degree of recovery may be possible. The question is, how best to stimulate ...