A spinal tap (lumbar puncture) may help confirm a multiple sclerosis diagnosis. Here’s what you should expect from the ...

The process may someday be used in humans with spinal cord injuries to minimize or reverse the damage to nerve cells that results in paralysis, says Richard B. Borgens, professor of developmental ...

Treating SCI is difficult because the spinal cord has limited ability to heal itself and damage to the spinal cord often disrupts the complex network of nerves that control movement and sensation.

Multiple sclerosis is a disease that can cause permanent damage to your body’s nerves and the communication ... with the central nervous system A spinal tap can pose a couple of moderate to ...

Peripheral nerves, i.e., outside the brain and spinal cord, are destroyed and cause burning, numbness, and weakness in hands and feet.” Difficulty with memory: Agnosia is one chronic ...

Signs of vision loss or other symptoms due to neuromyelitis optica include: Lesions on the spinal cord and brain indicate damage to the myelin that protects nerve cells, a sign of MS. One function ...

Cervical radiculopathy is a condition caused by a pinched nerve in your neck. It happens when your cervical spinal cord or nerve ... vertebrae called foramen. Damage to these nerve roots can ...

To provide a simulated sense of touch for bionic limbs, researchers have been experimenting with intracortical ...

Recent data reveal that such systemic immune suppression and a protracted stress response are not limited to stroke and brain injury. These also occur after spinal cord injury (SCI), opening up ...

CSF samples are typically collected through a lumbar (spinal ... can cause damage to the central nervous system through inflammation, destruction of the myelin sheath around the nerves, and ...