This is a complete anterior spinal artery (ASA) stroke. The ASA arises from the intracranial vertebral artery where it supplies the medial medulla. It then descends on the anterior surface of the ...

Spinal Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM): Cerebral Angiogram, left vertebral injection, lateral view. A large arteriovenous malformation can be seen arising from the vertebral artery (arterial feeders ...

Almost 18,000 Americans experience traumatic spinal cord injuries every year. Many of these people are unable to use their hands and arms and can't do everyday tasks such as eating, grooming or ...

When the spinal cord is injured, the damaged nerve fibers--called axons--are normally incapable of regrowth, leading to permanent loss of function.

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Indiana University School of Medicine report that increasing energy supply within injured spinal cord nerves in mice could help ...