The Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle launched its online atlas of the mouse spinal cord July 16. The initial release includes 4,000 sets of digital images of spinal cords from adult and ...

In both humans and rodents, upper motor neurons (UMNs) are located in the cerebral cortex, whereas lower motor neurons (LMNs) are arranged in the brainstem and spinal cord. Concurrent and/or ...

Research led by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine found that the widely prescribed pain-relief drug gabapentin can prevent harmful structural changes in the ...

A new study identifies a druggable cellular target that, if controlled properly, could prevent or lessen autonomic dysfunction and improve quality of life for people with spinal cord injury. In ...

Tight-skin (TSK) mice are commonly used as an animal model to study the pathogenesis of Marfan syndrome (MFS), but little is known of their skeletal phenotype and in particular of the development of ...

Researchers developed a mouse model of multiple sclerosis that captures the features of progression independent of relapse ...

Neuroscientists have long debated how itch and pain overlap in the nervous system. Although itch was once thought to arise from the same neurons that generate pain, later observations disputing this ...

In A Nutshell An existing osteoporosis medication (PTH) reduced chronic back pain in three mouse models of spinal ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – In response to stressful or dangerous stimuli, nerve cells in the spinal cord activate involuntary, autonomic reflexes often referred to as “fight or flight” responses. These ...