A 51-year-old `fit and healthy’ sports teacher died within ten days of being diagnosed with a killer brain tumour. According ...

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating, debilitating, and life-altering condition that currently lacks a definitive cure or highly effective treatment ...

Diseases involving the spinal cord include a heterogeneous group of abnormalities, including those of inflammatory, infectious, neoplastic, vascular, metabolic, and traumatic origin. Making the ...

New studies show that astrocytes, long thought to be support cells in the brain, are crucial intermediaries for relaying messages to neurons.

Millions of people around the world suffer from chronic low back pain, often finding relief only through temporary solutions ...

These are a type of glial cell found in the central nervous system, which consists of the brain and spinal cord. Glial cells in the brain and spinal cord provide support, protection, insulation ...

"It's overwhelmingly complicated," Guttenplan said. At the same time, researchers are increasingly finding evidence that glial cells play a role in brain injuries and in neurodegenerative ...

She's defying the odds after a spinal cord injury in 2020 left her with less than a three percent chance of moving anything below her neck. Wachtel said the plan to stand had been in the works for ...

Anderson Cooper: This week on 60 Minutes, we're doing a story about efforts to help people who are paralyzed with severe spinal cord injuries develop the ability to walk again. And not just walk ...

They’re a type of tumor that can develop in a child’s central nervous system (CNS), including their brain or spinal cord. Gliomas are tumors that grow from glial cells, which are a type of ...