The CNS includes the brain, spinal cord, and optic nerves. A misdirected inflammatory response damages nerve cells of a protective coating called myelin. Myelin coats the nerve fibers from the ...

Experiencing a spinal cord injury is life-changing in nearly every aspect of a person’s well-being: physically, emotionally, and socially. The initial shock of the injury often comes with fear, ...

Spinal cord compression can lead to loss of sensation, difficulty with motor function, and pain or discomfort. Myelopathy can be diagnosed with imaging studies, including a type called myelography, as ...

Your spinal cord goes through a canal in your spine. Between each pair of vertebrae are a right and a left neural foramen where the spinal nerves at that level exit to the right and left sides of your ...

This keeps the ligament from affecting the nerve root and frees up space in the spinal canal. You don’t have to be asleep for PILD, so it may be an option for people who can’t have surgery ...

and spinal cord. The test looks for: The presence of medical devices can also affect the quality of the MRI image. Your doctor will check beforehand to see if and what type of devices you may have ...

This work provides essential information for interpretation of functional and diffusion-weighted MRI data, as well as revision of wiring diagrams based upon observations in the vervet visual system.