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The white matter is composed of several tracts (pathways) that travel up and down the spinal cord. Sections of the spinal ... and then cross over to the other side of the body in the brain stem.

The brain and spinal cord are your body’s central nervous system. The brain is the command center for your body, and the spinal cord is the pathway for messages sent by the brain to the body and from ...

Spinal cord compression (SCC) occurs in 5% to 30% of the oncology population and affects patient function, comfort, and general quality of life. Patients with lung cancer, breast cancer ...

Doctors use the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury when determining the classification of injuries. If there is ...

These neurons are found along the hollow channel that runs through the center of the cord, and they extend into the spinal fluid that fills the channel. This image shows cerebrospinal fluid-contacting ...

Several studies have demonstrated that SPIO-labeled stem cells migrate into a brain or spinal cord lesion after transplantation; MRI detection was confirmed by histological analysis with iron ...

including a double spinal fusion, but is still left in chronic pain. The condition deprives him of running and cycling so he uses swimming to keep fit. He will be taking part in a relay cross ...

After a devastating spinal cord injury, mice’s nerve cells balloon up in size. Some of these neurons stay swollen longer than expected and begin to die, a study published September 25 in Science ...