A flying puck can cause serious damage to the brain and spine; Are neck guards the answer? Data from rugby provides a ...

The dorsal root ganglion is a group of sensory neuron cell bodies just outside the spine. The dorsal root ganglion is involved in passing sensory signals to the central nervous system ... smaller than ...

Newswatch 16's Kerry Kearns talked to a neurosurgeon at UPMC about the connection between the brain and spinal cord and when ...

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No less than 16 different types of nerve cells have been identified by scientists in a new study on the human sense of touch.

The human body's longest cranial nerve has the potential to improve health on numerous ... the vagus nerve runs from the brainstem at the bottom of the brain along the spinal cord to the colon, ...

"Together with the simultaneous recording of responses from peripheral nerves, the brainstem and the cortex ... which calls into question the long-held view that the human spinal cord is a simple ...

Realizing a Phase I human clinical trial commencing to test the efficacy and safety of the transplantation of olfactory cell nerve bridges to treat chronic spinal cord injury. Since the passing of ...

"The nerve bridges have nothing else in them apart ... University-developed cell bridges to be transplanted into a human spinal cord for the first time next year at a south-east Queensland hospital.