These nerve pairs spread throughout your body to deliver commands from your brain and spinal cord to and from parts of your ... together to allow your brain to control your body’s many functions, ...

Medically reviewed by Isabel Casimiro, MD, PhD Fact checked by Jillian Dara The lumbar spine includes the five vertebrae in ...

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD A pinched nerve in the lower back occurs when excessive pressure is applied to a ...

These nerves are responsible for the muscular function and sensation of the arm ... ligaments that cause disc material to push into the spinal canal. These can compress, or pinch, the nerve ...

The nervous system consists of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous system (motor nerves, sensory nerves, cranial and spinal nerves, autonomic ganglia ...

Borgens says this is the first study to demonstrate such a rapid recovery of function and nerve conduction in the whole animal with a spinal cord injury. He and his colleague, Dr. Riyi Shi, both of ...

The ARC-EX stimulator, recently approved by the FDA, makes it easier for the spinal cord to hear what the brain wants to do ...

Several international studies in animal models have shown that this Nogo-A protein inhibits the regeneration of damaged nerve ... of motor functions in patients with complete spinal cord injury.

Several international studies in animal models have shown that this Nogo-A protein inhibits the regeneration of damaged nerve ... spinal cord injury The recovery of motor functions in the hand ...

Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal ... or other problems that slow down or disrupt nerve function. These tests are often done together to best understand any issues affecting your ...