Researchers have identified the lateral hypothalamus (LH) as a key brain region for walking recovery in spinal cord injury (SCI) patients, demonstrating that deep brain stimulation (DBS) can ...

[2] Spinal cord compression constitutes a true emergency because the initial injury to the spinal cord ... practice serving patients with a cancer diagnosis. An APN may see patients with SCC ...

Quantitative MRI appears to detect subclinical tissue injury in ASCC prior to the onset of neurological symptoms and signs. These findings require further validation, but offer the intriguing ...

Spinal tumors in children are very rare. They can be malignant (cancerous) or benign (non cancerous). As spine tumors grow, they can put pressure on the spinal cord, resulting in neurologic symptoms.

Background: Traumatic cervical spinal cord injury (cSCI) is a serious condition that requires a multidisciplinary treatment approach involving care at a neurotrauma center (NTC) and specialized ...

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the lateral hypothalamus (LH) improves walking and promotes recovery in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI), new research showed. This intervention excites ...

A differential diagnosis is a method of analyzing a patient's medical history ... Researchers believe fibromyalgia causes abnormal pain perception processing, meaning the pain becomes amplified ...

The study, which followed four patients with chronic spinal cord injuries for five years, found that two patients showed durable evidence of neurological improvement after treatment with neural ...

"However, our study also found that cortisol mimetics, which are widely used as strong anti-inflammatory drugs to reduce the neuroinflammation caused by spinal cord injury, have the potential to ...

The study, which followed four patients with chronic spinal cord injuries for five years, found that two patients showed durable evidence of neurological improvement after treatment with neural ...

—Newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy allows for earlier diagnosis in preterm infants, leading to earlier use of disease-modifying therapies, in the presymptomatic stage, and better ...