The vertebral column’s most important physiologic function is protecting the spinal cord, which is the main avenue for communication between the brain and the rest of the body. The spinal cord is ...

Leading an active lifestyle may increase the likelihood of damaged nerves regenerating after a spinal cord injury. Leading an active lifestyle may increase the likelihood of damaged nerves ...

Your central nervous system is an extensive network that channels nerve impulses from your brain, through your spinal cord and exits the vertebral spinal column (your back), branching off into nerve ...

Spinal cord injuries lead to permanent paralysis, and unfortunately there isn’t much that doctors can do to repair the damage. But a new study may help improve the outcomes, with researchers from the ...

Getting your spine crushed doesn’t have to mean paralysis. In fact, there is new evidence that nerves in the spine can regrow and be rerouted around damaged areas to connect with the brain. According ...

The obturator nerve is a large, multibranched nerve that travels through your pelvis to your inner thigh. This nerve helps you feel sensations like temperature and pain in your lower limbs. It also ...

Skin cells from an 86-year-old man have been turned into nerve cells that were able to grow within the damaged spinal cords of paralysed rats – raising the prospect that the technique might one day be ...