UW Medicine is unveiling an FDA-approved spinal cord therapy in an effort to offer new hope for paralyzed patients.

Here's what bacterial meningitis is, how it's different from viral and other types of meningitis, and what treatment can be expected.

Immune cells called regulatory T cells have long been known for their role in countering inflammation. In the setting of ...

The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis and the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Miami (Fla.) Miller School of Medicine is the second U.S. si ...

More research is needed to confirm gray matter, the darker tissue found in the brain and spinal cord, “as a potential disease ...

A cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak occurs when the protective fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord leaks out due to a tear in the dura, the outermost layer of the meninges (connective tissues ...

leak occurs when the protective fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord leaks out due to a tear in the dura, the outermost layer of the meninges (connective tissues that cover the brain and ...

It is also present between the two meninges, which are thin layers of tissue covering and protecting the brain and the spinal cord. The CSF helps remove waste, deliver nutrients, and maintain brain ...

Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal that causes compression of the spinal cord and/or nerve roots. Resulting pain and numbness (in the hands, arms, legs, and/or feet) can vary depending ...

Your nervous system is made up of two main parts: the brain and the spinal cord, which combine to form the central nervous system; and the sensory and motor nerves, which form the peripheral nervous ...