Additionally, it might shed light on disorders affecting the intervertebral discs, which are the shock-absorbing cushions that grow from the notochord between vertebrae. When these discs ...

Imagine a world where the boundaries between “fish” and “not-fish” blur, where the ancestors of birds and mammals once swam ...

Fossils found in the Burgess Shale of British Columbia show traces of a notochord (a rodlike primitive backbone), a significant step in the evolution of vertebrates. Cambrian sediments found in ...

an inch-and-a-half-long creature with a spinal rod called a notochord, the earliest known chordate—the group of animals that would later evolve into vertebrates. This was the full flowering of ...

Chordoma is a rare and slow-growing cancer arising from remnants of the notochord, a structure present during embryonic development. It most commonly affects the sacrum and cervical spine, accounting ...

It's been 41 years since Rob Reiner's This Is Spinal Tap cranked things up to 11 in the mockumentary space in 1984. Now it's prepping for the comeback tour of the ages with Bleecker Street and ...

Conditions that affect the facet joints of the vertebrae may also cause lower spine pain. Lower back pain is a common symptom of various health problems or injuries. Some people experience it ...

In a world of sitting at desks and slumping in front of screens, back pain is known to be the most common ailment among Americans. Dr. Arthur L. Jenkins III, a board-certified neurosurgeon in New ...

Hongkongers with spinal cord injuries may have a chance to regain mobility with the help of advanced therapy products developed by a new laboratory at Polytechnic University (PolyU), with clinical ...

When a person sustains an injury to the spinal cord, the normal communication between the brain and the spinal circuits below the injury are interrupted, resulting in paralysis. Because the brain ...