The central nervous system is made up of the brain and spinal cord. It gathers information from all over the body and coordinates activity. We explore the types of cells involved, the regions of ...

A team of researchers at Rowan University has developed an injectable biomaterial that could significantly improve recovery ...

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In 1999, when Jason Carmel, MD, Ph.D., was a second-year medical student at Columbia, his identical twin brother suffered a spinal cord injury, paralyzing him from the chest down and limiting use ...

This puts pressure on your spinal cord and the nerves around it, which can cause pain and other problems. Your spinal cord is a key part of your central nervous system that connects your brain to ...

Spinal cord stimulation is recommended for back pain when other treatments have failed. WebMD examines this procedure and its role in pain management.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is characterized by lesions in the central nervous system, including the spinal cord. Spinal lesions may indicate MS. Learn more.

An experimental cancer drug can regenerate damaged nerves following spinal trauma in mice and rats. The corresponding report was published in Clinical and Translational Medicine. Spinal cord injury ...

These two sides originate in two different locations within the central nervous system. Parasympathetic nerves emerge in the brain and brainstem, and sympathetic nerves arise from the spinal cord.