Exterior anatomy of the spinal cord plays a central role in transmitting sensory and motor signals throughout the human body. Sensory and motor information travels through dorsal and ventral roots, ...

UW researchers show nerves actively help melanoma spread and are testing whether existing FDA-approved migraine drugs can block this nerve-tumor signaling.

According to the Brain and Spine Foundation, a spinal cord stroke is a disruption in the blood supply that can cause injury ...

For decades, pain treatment has often meant one thing: take a painkiller. A headache brings a tablet, back pain another, and ...

A federal judicial panel centralized 49 lawsuits into two manufacturer-specific proceedings, again declining to put all spinal cord stimulator litigation before one judge. The U.S. Judicial Panel on ...

Over decades of research, scientists have built up a partial picture of what specialized cells within the brain and spinal ...

Spinal anesthesia is one of the most dependable tools in modern operating rooms. A single injection of local anesthetic into the cerebrospinal fluid surrounding the spinal cord can render a patient ...

Discusses Challenges and Advances in Drug and Therapy Trials for Spinal Cord Injury September 29, 2026 10:00 AM ...

Five months of persistent leg pain and numbnessMr. S first visited the hospital in March. MRI results led to a diagnosis of ...

When it comes to daily life, vision is the most important sense, so if you see something strange going on with your eye, you should check it out.

What is spinal stenosis? ―Don't overlook "pain when walking, relief when resting""My legs hurt when I walk," or "I get numb ...

The 49-year-old has spent the last 15 years fighting the neurodegenerative disease, which affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, and provided a candid update on Friday.