Spinal nerves exist in 31 pairs, one on each side of the spine. These nerves send signals for things like pressure, pain, temperature, and texture from your skin to the spinal cord and brain.

The brain and spinal cord are your body’s central nervous system. The brain is the command center for your body, and the spinal cord is the pathway for messages sent by the brain to the body and from ...

We established a slice culture method for mid-gestation embryos to examine nerve outgrowth from the spinal cord and the DRGs into the periphery. We applied neurotrophins and function-blocking ...