The fourth in a series, this article explores the peripheral nervous system: the nerves that connect the central nervous system to the rest of the body. This is a Self-assessment article and comes ...

Your spinal cord is a glistening white bundle of nerves, which runs from your brain down a canal in your backbone. It's roughly 40cm long and about as wide as your thumb for most of its length.

What is the anatomy of the spinal cord? The human spinal cord is a cylindrical structure of nerve tissue that is protected by the spinal column and composed of uniformly organized white and grey ...

A recent review published in Engineering explores the construction and potential applications of spinal cord and peripheral ...

The spinal cord is a cylindrical structure of nervous tissue that serves as the main communication conduit between the brain and the rest of the body. It extends from the base of the brain, through ...

Scientists have long puzzled over nerve regeneration. Damaged nerves in the arms or legs often repair themselves after injury, but those in the brain or spine rarely do. Research in the past 2 decades ...

NEW YORK, NY--A nerve stimulation therapy developed at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons is showing promise in animal studies and may eventually allow people with spinal ...

A facetectomy is a surgical procedure on the spine to remove one or both facet joints of a vertebra. Surgery aims to release pressure on a trapped nerve and reduce pain. Facets are bony protrusions ...

Four-limbed vertebrates, known as tetrapods, have two enlarged regions in their spinal cords. Meanwhile, it was long thought that fish had no enlarged areas in their spinal cords due to the absence of ...