As in the brain, the spinal cord is made up nerve cell bodies (gray matter), which process sensation and control voluntary movement, and axons (white matter), fibers that connect nerve cells and which ...

"In the spinal cord, the white matter signal is quite large and detectable, unlike in the brain, where it has less amplitude ...

The brain’s gray matter is mainly composed of neuronal cell bodies ... that connect other parts of the brain and spinal cord and signal your nerves to communicate to one another. This 'talk' helps ...

Becoming pregnant changes a woman’s brain, researchers say, in findings that could help doctors treat conditions developed by ...

David Julius and Wendy Yue have discovered a natural mechanism that could help reduce scarring after a spinal cord injury.

Poliomyelitis, formed from the Greek words meaning "inflammation of the gray matter," is caused by ... system and attacks the neurons of the spinal cord and lower brain. Muscle weakness and ...

A pilot clinical trial led by University of Cincinnati researchers at the Lindner Center of HOPE found electrical stimulation of the spinal cord is feasible, well-tolerated and shows therapeutic ...

The brain undergoes significant changes during pregnancy due to hormone surges. 26 scans of a 38-year-old mother's brain ...

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 ...

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 ...

MY IMMUNE SYSTEM JUST ATTACKED MY SPINAL CORD AND IT WAS LIKE SPREADING SLOWLY UP MY BODY. IN APRIL 2023, GRAY LOST MOVEMENT IN HER ENTIRE BODY AND SPENT A WEEK ON LIFE SUPPORT TREATMENT AT U OF L ...