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 ...

Our mission is to bridge the gap between scientific discovery and clinical application by 1) developing and optimizing promising therapies and 2) improving existing protocols, for the treatment of ...

The thoracic spine serves many functions. It protects the spinal cord, the bundle of nerves that extend from your brain to the body. It provides an attachment point for your ribs and helps with ...

In the most severe form of the condition, type 3 Chiari malformation, part of the lower back part of the brain ( cerebellum ) ...

Understand imaging of the brain and spinal cord. Dissection of the human body is a privilege that is often restricted to medical and/or students enrolled in health professions. Many anatomy educators ...

Doctors analyze cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to help identify conditions that affect your brain and spine. CSF samples are typically collected through a lumbar (spinal) tap. CSF is the clear fluid ...

The midbrain also transmits information between the thalamus and the spinal cord ... who did the first studies of bird brain anatomy in the 19th century, to the current view of the bird brain.

The default mode network (DMN) is a set of interconnected brain regions known to be most ... out a study aimed at better understanding the anatomy of the DMN, specifically examining the ...