In a groundbreaking development that could change the lives of thousands of people with spinal cord injuries, European ...

L ike a slender, fragile vine made of highly sensitive tissue and a billion neurons, your spinal cord is like a living ...

It is protected by the vertebral column, a series of bones that surround and support it. In the cervical region, the spinal cord contains nerves that control movement and sensation in the arms, legs ...

Cervical myelopathy is a condition that happens when the spinal cord in the neck is compressed or squeezed. There are many things that can cause this, but one of the most common is cervical ...

Antibodies can improve the rehabilitation of people with acute spinal cord injury. Researchers at 13 clinics in Germany, ...

After surgery for cervical spondylosis, there is a way to improve the existing medical system, which had to undergo ...

For years, options for recovery have been limited, but a newly FDA-cleared external spinal stimulator, ARC-EX Therapy, which ...

The spinal cord is a bundle of nerves and supporting tissue that extends from the brain. It has an essential role in conducting motor and sensory information from and to the brain, as well as in ...

More information: Marcel A. Kopp et al, Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers and Long-Term Motor Score Recovery in Patients With Acute Cervical Spinal Cord Injury, JAMA Network Open (2024).

The latest study results have been published online in the renowned "The Lancet Neurology" journal. A multi-centre clinical trial (NISCI trial: Nogo-A Inhibition in acute Spinal Cord Injury Study) ...

Several international studies in animal models have shown that this Nogo-A protein inhibits the regeneration of damaged nerve fibres in the spinal cord following an acute injury. The antibody is ...