IN OCTOBER OF 2024, RAAB WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ALS, A FATAL DISEASE WHICH SLOWLY DESTROYS NERVE CELLS AND SPINAL CORD, WEAKENING MUSCLES THAT WILL EVENTUALLY STOP WORKING. IT’S A REALLY HORRIFIC ...

The authors' laboratory and others have explored strategies for delivering biologic (e.g., cellular therapeutics and viral vectors) to the spinal cord. Broadly, access to the spinal cord may be ...

But if you have axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), a chronic form of arthritis that dramatically increases your risk of fracturing your spine, the diagnosis also comes with a second helping of fear.

On MRI, axial spondyloarthritis is characterised by a unique combination of bone destruction, such as erosion, alongside new bone formation, including syndesmophytes, backfill, and ankylosis. This ...

Many patients with lower back pain, sciatica, pain down the back of the legs, or weakness of the lower-extremity muscles are diagnosed with a herniated (a.k.a. compressed or ruptured) spinal disc ...

A chi-square test was performed to compare ALS patients with CG regarding commonly used MRI markers, including atrophy of the corpus callosum and spinal cord, as well as T2 hyper- and hypointensities ...

Possible causes include spinal cord injury, hypothyroidism, Guillen-Barré syndrome (GBS), and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Hyporeflexia is not a disease but a symptom that can be detected with ...

Case 1: A 42-year-old man was diving in 45 meters of seawater for 30 minutes and surfaced without decompression stops. After 30 minutes, he dove again, this time at 45 meters for 30 minutes, and ...

We aimed to validate an MRI framework based on multicompartment modeling of the diffusion signal (AxCaliber) in rats in the presence of axonal pathology, achieved through injection of a neurotoxin ...

The work is published in the Journal of Neurotrauma. The medicine Riluzole, commonly prescribed for ALS, is showing potential to help people regain function after acute spinal cord injury. “Riluzole ...

Concerning primary spine tumors, 19532 images from 508 patients were included in the MRI dataset. We chose 12179 images from 321 patients to develop AI detection systems, including 7788 images (2346 ...