In the center of your body’s repair system are tiny cells with mighty power—pericytes. These small but active cells surround ...

The sciatic nerve originates from the spinal nerves L4, L5, S1, S2, and S3. Your sciatic nerve extends lower than your vertebrae, and all these nerve fibers join and make the sciatic nerve.

July 12 (UPI) -- An investigational cancer drug has been shown to help regenerate damaged nerves after spinal trauma with "remarkable recovery" of sensory and motor functions in animals, British ...

If nerve compression lasts long enough, numbness, weakness and, in more serious cases, even paralysis can become permanent. Spinal stenosis usually occurs in the lumbar region, which is the lower ...

Find out what you need to know about the phrenic nerve. Learn about its location, function, and disorders that may affect your health.

It can also damage your spinal cord and nerves and their functions, creating a condition called myelopathy. Let’s look at why the spine might narrow and how it can be treated.

NEW YORK, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Three patients whose lower bodies were left completely paralyzed after spinal cord injuries were able to walk, cycle and swim using a nerve-stimulation device ...