While the rest of the nerves emerge from the spinal cord, the cranial nerves come ... are positioned relative to one another. In the region of the temple, on the side of the forehead, branches ...

Three patients with spinal muscular atrophy had improved muscle strength and could walk farther after a month of daily spinal ...

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, ...

In a small human trial in SMA patients neurostimulation sessions improved motoneuron function, reduced fatigue, and improved leg muscle strength and walking.

The nervous system consists of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous system (motor nerves ... identified 298 genomic regions associated with the disease.

We established a slice culture method for mid-gestation embryos to examine nerve outgrowth from the spinal cord and the DRGs into the periphery. We applied neurotrophins and function-blocking ...