The nerves inside the spinal cord have been damaged ... Your vertebrae (stack of small bones that create your spine) are known by a type and number. While a function chart may suggest that you can ...

The vagus nerve, named after the Latin word for “wanderer,” is the longest nerve in the central nervous system. It influences many bodily functions, including heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, ...

Its sections are called the cervical spine, the thoracic spine ... and weakness in a pattern that points to disrupted function of a spinal nerve. Your personalized treatment plan can involve ...

When this happens, nerves send signals that cause pain near the shoulder blades, even though the original source of pain is somewhere else, like in your heart or gallbladder. Degenerative disc disease ...

The vast majority of people -- more than 90% -- with pain from cervical disc disease will get better on their own over time with simple, conservative treatments. Surgery, however, may help if ...

Diagnosis generally involves tests to check the nerve function. If the doctor suspects ... in the muscles of the affected area. Cervical spondylosis, or arthritis in the neck, occurs as the ...

Erb’s palsy refers to an injury to only the upper nerve roots. BPBIs can be concerning, since nearly all of the nerve fibers that provide function and sensation ... Four of the nerve roots emerge from ...

Results: A detailed finite element model of the whole cervical spine including spinal nerve roots was established ... homeostasis of the relevant tissues and cells and their functions, leading to disc ...

Peripheral nerves are organ-like structures containing diverse cell types to optimize function. This interactive assembly includes mostly axon-associated Schwann cells, but also endothelial cells of ...

but increased in the aged c-Jun OE/+ nerves. These experiments confirm that the failure of repair cell function in older animals is accompanied by failure to fully upregulate c-Jun in Schwann cells ...