This appeared in an ‘owls eye’ confi- guration axially, consistent with an acute anterior spinal artery cord infarct. Conclusion Conus medullaris infarction is a rare mimic of CES but should be ...

will be transplanted into the conus medullaris in attempts to replace lost motor and autonomic neurons after a lumbosacral ventral root avulsion injury in rats. Surgical replantation of avulsed ...

An MRI of the spine showed increased signal/mass-effect in the spinal cord from the T6 level down to conus medullaris and mild patchy enhancement of the abnormality following intravenous contrast ...

jhmi.edu Background The existence of spinal cord watershed territories was suggested in the ... particular configuration of the spinal vasculature in the region of the conus medullaris. Methods The ...

Background Spinal cord (SC) lesions have been associated with unfavourable ... the regions T6 and T7 (border between middle and caudal stack), and L1 (conus medullaris) were covered by >90% of scans ...

The brain and spinal cord are your body’s central nervous system. The brain is the command center for your body, and the spinal cord is the pathway for messages sent by the brain to the body and from ...

Spinal cord compression (SCC) occurs in 5% to 30% of the oncology population and affects patient function, comfort, and general quality of life. Patients with lung cancer, breast cancer ...

Myxopapillary ependymoma (MPE) is a rare glial tumour mainly located in the areas of the conus medullaris, cauda equina and filum terminale of the spinal cord. Ectopic MPE tends to behave more ...

Doctors use the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury when determining the classification of injuries. If there is ...

Spinal Cord is a specialised, international journal that has been publishing spinal cord related manuscripts since 1963. It appears monthly, online and in print, and accepts contributions on ...