The spinal cord bladder and bowel reflex arc is damaged in patients with injuries to the cauda equina, lumbar and sacral segments below the conus medullaris. Patients do not typically transition to an ...

1 Motor Neurons A motor neuron’s cell body is also often located either in the spinal cord or the brainstem with projections that interact with organs such as muscles and glands. Upper motor neurons ...

Humans and other animal species can experience many types of pain throughout the course of their lives, varying in intensity, ...

If introduced into humans, it could be revolutionary in treating diseases associated with spinal cord injuries ... directly from a somatic cell to a motor neuron.” The team from MIT pioneered ...

There are many different types of neurons, and they all have special functions in the brain, spinal cord, and muscles that ...

When a gene named Arhgap35 was mutated, the scientists observed that motor neurons failed to venture away from the spinal cord, instead snaking their way along the spinal cord’s edge, the scientists ...

The spinal cord is a bundle of nerves and supporting tissue that extends from the brain. It has an essential role in conducting motor and sensory information from and to the brain, as well as in ...

SMA patients who can sit see improvements in motor function over 12 months of treatment with DMTs, particularly in fine motor ...

Spinal cord injury (SCI)-a condition that leads to ... Despite recent advances in SCI treatment, restoring lost motor functions, such as hand movement, remains a significant challenge.

The data convincingly show that the transcription factor Sp1 regulates ephrin-mediated axon guidance in the spinal cord. Although the authors show that Sp1 and its co-activators p300 and CBP are ...