The process may someday be used in humans with spinal cord injuries to minimize or reverse the damage to nerve cells that results in paralysis, says Richard B. Borgens, professor of developmental ...

A bundle of neurones is called a nerve. There are three main types of ... The CNS is the brain and spinal cord. Muscles contracting or glands secreting hormones are the response of effectors ...

The disc is an avascular structure – meaning it has no blood ... The bulging of the disc can compress spinal nerves – crucial ...

cranial and spinal nerves, autonomic ganglia, and plexuses). A brain structure called the amygdala, and its connections with another region, the prefrontal cortex, shape people’s experiences and ...

To understand the structure of the cochlear nerve ... and inflames the insulating covering (myelin) of nerve fibers in their brain, spinal cord, and/or eyes. If the cochlear nerve is affected ...