Tag: Spinal Cord
Therapeutic Cloning Prompts Call for Ban
First Human Cloning to Obtain Stem Cells Sparks Calls for Ban on All Cloning in United States
SEATTLE Feb. 12 — In a clash of...
Stem Cell Research Offers Hope For Some
KIRKLAND - Hal Newsom never knows if he's going to have a good day or a bad day.
"Every day in my life I go...
Spinal Cord Trauma
Definition:
Spinal cord trauma is damage to the spinal cord that results from direct injury to the cord itself, or from indirect injury from damage...
Dana Reeve Visits Walter Reed Army Medical Center
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, Dana Reeve, wife of actor Christopher Reeve, a director of the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation (CRPF) and...
Foot Electrical Stimulation Cycling
Outlined below is a study that requires volunteers who wish to get healthier and have a spinal cord injury. This project has obtained a...
Current Interventions 2004
Drug Therapy
Effective drug therapy for spinal cord injury first became a reality in 1990, when methylprednisolone, the first drug shown to improve recovery from...
Severed spinal cord regenerated
Scientists have succeeded in restoring movement to rats paralysed by spinal injuries.
The breakthrough could ultimately lead to new treatments for people who have been...
Basic Anatomy
Together, the brain and spinal cord make up the Central Nervous System. They are covered by three layers of membranes called meninges and bathed...
Brain and Nervous System
It fits snugly within the skull, hidden from view inside of the top half of the head. Its grayish-pink bulges and grooves and fluid-filled...
Spinal Cord Tumors
Definition
A spinal cord tumor is a benign or cancerous growth in the spinal cord, between the membranes covering the spinal cord, or in the...
