The process may someday be used in humans with spinal cord injuries to minimize or reverse the damage to nerve cells that results in paralysis, says Richard B. Borgens, professor of developmental ...

A lumbar puncture (spinal tap) is a common test doctors use to check for signs of MS in your spinal fluid. But a lumbar puncture on its own isn’t enough to confirm an MS diagnosis. Diagnosing ...

A spinal tap might ... can replace the nerve cells that have died, generate new supporting cells to reform myelin and stimulate regrowth of damaged axons, protect cells at the injury site from ...

Multiple sclerosis is a disease that can cause permanent damage to your body’s nerves and the communication ... with the central nervous system A spinal tap can pose a couple of moderate to ...

Recent data reveal that such systemic immune suppression and a protracted stress response are not limited to stroke and brain injury. These also occur after spinal cord injury (SCI), opening up ...