The spinal cord is a long bundle of nerves and cells that carries signals between the brain and body. This article looks at the spinal cord’s function and anatomy and includes an interactive ...

This article was originally published on mentalfloss.com as 13 Facts About the Spinal Cord.

A research team at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences has developed a 3-D printed implant to deliver electrical ...

Anatomy The 12 cranial nerves exist in symmetric pairs that emerge from the brain itself, as opposed to the rest of your nerves, which branch off from the spinal cord.

The spinal cord is a cylindrical tube of nerves and other cells. It carries signals back and forth between the brain and the rest of the body. Learn more about its anatomy and functions.

Find out what you need to know about your obturator nerve and its function. Learn the signs of injury and common conditions affecting it.

Nerves look blue in the reconstructed view of a genetically engineered mouse (left) whose neurons produce a fluorescent ...

Pairing targeted vagus nerve stimulation with physical therapy seems to help people who are partially paralysed from spinal cord injuries regain the ability to perform some everyday activities ...

"Until now, such robust nerve regeneration has been impossible in the spinal cord," said Steward, anatomy & neurobiology professor and director of the Reeve-Irvine Research Center at UCI.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue University researchers have for the first time restored electrical nerve impulses in the severed spinal cord of a mammal.

Spinal cord A person’s spinal cord is a bundle of nerves that runs through the middle of the spine. It forms the central nervous system along with the brain.

In the new study, researchers evaluated the effect of two peripheral nerve lesions (injuries) in animals with spinal cord injury. One lesion was made at the time of the cord injury and a second was ...