In the center of your body’s repair system are tiny cells with mighty power—pericytes. These small but active cells surround ...

Spinal cord damage—whether from traumatic injury or conditions such as spina bifida—can have a profound impact on bladder ...

Q: I develop left leg pain when I try to walk faster. If I stop, the pain quickly improves. I can start walking again, but at a very slow pace. What’s the usual cause? A: The three most common reasons ...

WE’RE living through a back pain epidemic.  It affects 49million people in the UK and 619million globally, and it can wreak ...

UT Dallas researchers paired rehab with vagus nerve stimulation to help people with spinal cord injuries regain arm and hand mobility.

Spinal cord stimulation can reduce pain and restore nerve function among patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy.

Stretch injury is the primary cause of nerve dysfunction and injury in the civilian population. Here, we characterized changes in nociception, anxiogenic-like behaviors, and astrocyte expression in ...

A paradigm shift in the way we treat spinal injuries is now in sight, with the world's first regenerative cell therapy being granted approval for a registrational Phase I clinical trial. It's a ...

People with incomplete cervical spinal cord injuries showed improvements to their hand and arm movements after receiving a targeted form of vagus nerve stimulation ...

Researchers found spinal disinhibition in people with fibromyalgia, adding new clues about the role of central pain processing in this condition.

Spinal Life Australia CEO Mark Townend welcomed the start of the trial and the potential life-changing impacts the research could have for people with acquired spinal cord injuries.