The data convincingly show that the transcription factor Sp1 regulates ephrin-mediated axon guidance in the spinal cord. Although the authors show that Sp1 and its co-activators p300 and CBP are ...

An estimated 18,000 people in the United States annually suffer from new injuries to their spinal cords. Unfortunately for ...

Humans and other animal species can experience many types of pain throughout the course of their lives, varying in intensity, ...

Researchers have recreated the human ascending sensory pathway in a lab dish, using organoids that model the key brain and ...

A new study indicates that the ... Feb. 5, 2025 — Boosting communication between the spinal nerves and the muscles using the spinal cord stimulation reverses spinal muscle atrophy (SMA ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Neuroscientists have produced the largest wiring diagram and functional map of a mammalian brain to ...

Scientists created a model of the human pain pathway in a dish by connecting four separate brain organoids. The feat should help them understand sensory disorders like those affecting pain perception.

Balance Between Two Competing Nerve Proteins Deters Symptoms of Autism in Mice Apr. 1, 2025 — In mice, autism symptoms arise when a certain pair of competing nerve proteins falls out of ...

Disc herniation at L5-S1 is also possible and is a common cause of sciatica—a problem with the sciatic nerve that can cause pain and other issues. Discs separate the vertebrae (spinal bones), ...

If the bones pinch a spinal nerve, you may also have pain, tingling, burning, or numbness in one arm. (Rarely, a pinched nerve may affect both arms.) The pain may return shortly after the procedure.

Listen to Story They worked out the cerebral architecture in a tissue sample The tissue sample was the size of a grain of sand It has over 200,000 cells including roughly 84,000 nerve cells ...