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, ...

Spinal neurosurgeon Xiaofei (Sophie) Zhou, MD, is a pioneer within Cleveland-based University Hospitals. She started her 2025 by bringing endoscopic spine tools to the hospital and performed the ...

A new drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive loss of neural function in spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease.

Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger when an implanted device zapped their ...

A new drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive loss of neural function in spinal ...

Chronic low back pain can disrupt your daily life, keeping you from enjoying family moments, outdoor adventures or even ...

Augmented reality-assisted spine surgery restored Diana Little-Day’s ability to stand and live pain-free after five years of debilitating scoliosis-related pain and failed procedures.

A network of nerves similar to wires runs all through the human body, from the tips of your fingers and toes, through your back inside the spinal cord and up to your brain. Specialized pain receptors ...

Your thoracic diaphragm also plays a role in helping the movement of muscles during: When the diaphragm is activated by a nerve, it contracts and flattens ... sternum (breastbone), and spine. Although ...

Muscles, disks, ligaments, nerves, and blood vessels also help support your ... University of Rochester Medical Center. Anatomy of the spine. Prather H, Cheng A, Steger-May K, Maheshwari V, Van Dillen ...

The nervous system is the body’s direct communication system. It’s made up of the body’s many nerve cells. These cells work together in a network that sends and receives signals from one ...

Vagus Nerve Stimulation therapy is a treatment for epilepsy that involves a stimulator (or 'pulse generator') which is connected, inside the body, to the left vagus nerve in the neck. The stimulator ...