The polymer, called polyethylene glycol or PEG, works by "fusing" the membranes of damaged nerve cells, and it can be applied up to eight hours after the injury without adversely affecting the patient ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...