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View Post: Glial cells can cross from the central to the peripheral nervous ...
3 hours ago by News  
The nervous system is divided into the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous system (sensory organs, muscles, and glands). A major difference between the systems is that each has its own type of ...
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View Post: Lead exposure during childhood 'causes permanent brain damage'
18 hours ago by Ani  
November 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists from Weill Cornell Medical College have suggested a new approach to prevent paralysis following a spinal cord injury. They believe that permanent nerve damage may be avoided by raising levels ...
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View Post: Breakthrough spine treatment could prevent nerve damage
Spinal ...
19 Nov 2009 by admin   ...
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View Post: H Panji Irawan: Tes Sensoris
15 hours ago by FX  
Dorsal Columns: These nerves detect position (a.k.a. proprioception), vibratory sensation and light touch. They travel from the periphery, entering the spinal cord and then moving up to the base of the brain on the same side of the cord ...
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View Post: Jessica's Journey: 25000 Views of the Blog!!! 4000 Views of YouTube!!!
13 hours ago by Jessica's Journey  
During this procedure Jessica will be put into a coma , with the hope that her nerves, brain and spinal cord will “reset” -so that her nervous system sends the correct signals to her brain. Yes, this is a radical, scary treatment, ...
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View Post: CCSVI and Multiple Sclerosis
13 hours ago
Basically, this means that there are blockages and narrowing of some of the most important veins that drain the blood from the brain (and rest of the central nervous system) back to the heart. The evidence from some studies in ... When I've been saying for years that when I have these attacks it feels like my brain and spinal cord are filling up and ready to explode! So while this is pushed to the back burner while more testing is done…all of us with MS can only wait. ...
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View Post: The spinal cord
24 Nov 2009 by admin  
These are bundles s engine, leading nervous impulses from the brain down to the anterior horns of the spinal cord where the neurons coordinate the activity of skeletal muscles: The pyramidal tracts, also called cortico-spinal drive the ...
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View Post: MS ID'd. Exclusive Photos!
My Odd Sock
4 hours ago by dankerman   ...
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View Post: Advanced Pediatric Neurosurgery Program Focuses on Children's ...
23 Nov 2009
Responding to a growing need in central and northeast Pennsylvania for highly specialized care of pediatric brain tumors and other central nervous system disorders, Geisinger's Janet Weis Children's Hospital has launched a ... “There have been great advancements in the treatment of brain and spinal cord tumors in children in the last two decades,” noted Dr. Kershenovich. "A child's brain is still developing and provides the surgeon a much better opportunity to completely ...
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View Post: Areas Innervated by the Hypoglossal Nerve
30 Nov 2009 by ginkgo100  
The hypoglossal nerve is the twelfth and final cranial nerve (XII). Cranial nerves are nerves that originate from the brain and brainstem rather than from the spinal cord. In evolutionary terms, they are shared by many other vertebrates ...
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