Various nerves control bladder and bowel function, including the spinal cord, cauda equina, pudendal nerves, and the enteric nervous system, a nerve network in the walls of the digestive tract. These ...
A new drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive loss of neural function in spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease. An intervention, ...
Boosting communication between the spinal nerves and the muscles using the spinal cord stimulation reverses spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) progression and could be applied to other motoneuron diseases, ...
This paper systematically analyzes literature from PubMed, MEDLINE, Embase, and Cochrane databases over the past 10 years (up to May 25, 2025). It employs defined search terms, inclusion/exclusion ...
As spinal cord injuries increasingly affect older adults, new research reveals a surprising pattern in recovery. The study shows that aging does not appear to slow the healing of nerves themselves, ...
To quantify spontaneous upper extremity motor recovery between 6 and 12 months after spinal cord injury (SCI) to help guide timing of nerve transfer surgery to improve upper limb function in cervical ...
Cervical spinal stenosis refers to a narrowing of the spinal canal in the part of the spine present in the neck, known as the cervical spine. If the canal narrows significantly, it can put pressure on ...