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spinal cord
spinal cord n. the portion of the central nervous system enclosed in the vertebral column, consisting of nerve cells and bundles of nerves connecting all parts of the body with the brain. It extends from the medulla oblongata in the skull to the level of the second lumbar vertebra.
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The spinal cord.
Magazine article from: Science Weekly; 10/23/2007; 700+ words
; ...What does the spinal cord do? What is its...all animals have spinal cords? Follow-up Questions: 1. Why is the spinal cord important? What...animals without spinal cords function? Level...Main Concept: The spinal cord helps the brain communicate...
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Spinal Cord Repair Research Yields Results; Two Studies on Cats Are Promising
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/22/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...along the spinal cord to nerves in the...Torre severed the spinal cords of eight anesthetized...millimeter gap in the spinal cord. The last step of...animals' spinal cords heal," Goldsmith...some regeneration of spinal cord nerves. Applying...
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Spinal-cord cysts and tethering.(living WELL)
Magazine article from: Paraplegia News; 6/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...injury. These changes to the spinal cord can result in progressive loss...Symptoms from tethered and cystic spinal cords may occur anywhere from a few...myelopathies from tethering of the spinal cord or spinal-cord cysts. The good...
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Spinal Cord Repair on Rats Shows Some Promise
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 7/25/1996; 700+ words
; ...repairing damage to severed spinal cords in rats. Surgeons created...replace a section of the spinal cord that had been removed...team severed the spinal cords of several rats. He...transplanted them into the spinal cord. He added growth factors...
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Spinal Cord Control of Movement: Implications for Locomotor Rehabilitation Following Spinal Cord Injury.
Magazine article from: Physical Therapy; 5/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...the deafferented spinal cord, deprived of both supraspinal...animals with transected spinal cords have been shown to be...intended movement. The spinal cord is able to generate not...intact and transected spinal cords perform scratching behaviors...
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RESEARCH SHOWS SPINAL CORD CAN LEARN - EVEN WHEN SEVERED
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 1/2/2006; 700+ words
; ...recovery. In animals with bruised spinal cords, when pain fibers were engaged...now exploring ways to preserve spinal cord function and foster recovery after...of function will depend on the spinal cord's capacity to learn...
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Reports summarize spinal cord disease research from J. Miura and co-authors.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 8/5/2009; 700+ words
; ...NIH image software. Average cord distances (L value) in the...other disc levels. The spinal cords of the patients after laminoplasty...moved dorsally in the enlarged spinal canal in the neutral position...However, the degree of posterior spinal cord shifting was not correlated...
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Breakthrough Could Help Heal Spinal Cord Injuries Without Pain.
News Wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service; 9/22/2008; 700+ words
; ...transplanted na?ve GRP cells into adult spinal cord injuries in rats without first...transplanting them into injured spinal cords is essential," says Davies...cells for repairing the injured spinal cord, scientists and physicians...
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Alexion-Yale Repair Spinal Cord Damage in Animal Model by Xenotransplantation of Transgenic Pig Neurons.
PR Newswire; 11/12/1998; 700+ words
; ...which have implications for the treatment of spinal cord injury patients. The report includes data...around damaged neurons in animals whose spinal cords were surgically severed, and that the spinal cords that had received the pig cell transplants...
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BREAKTHROUGH COULD HELP HEAL SPINAL CORD INJURIES WITHOUT PAIN
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/19/2008; 700+ words
; ...transplanted nave GRP cells into adult spinal cord injuries in rats without first...transplanting them into injured spinal cords is essential," says Davies...cells for repairing the injured spinal cord, scientists and physicians...
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Spinal Cord Compression
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Spinal cord compression Description In order to understand spinal cord compression, it is useful to understand...furthest down the spine. Compression of the spinal cord in this region would be known as compression...
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Spinal Cord Injury
Book article from: U*X*L Complete Health Resource
SPINAL CORD INJURY DEFINITION Spinal cord injury is damage to the spinal cord that causes loss of sensation (feeling) and motor (muscular) control. DESCRIPTION About ten thousand new spinal cord injuries (SPI) occur each year in the United...
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Spinal Cord Infarction
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Spinal cord infarction Definition Spinal cord infarction (sometimes called spinal stroke ) refers to injury to the spinal cord due to oxygen deprivation. Description Spinal cord infarction occurs when one of the three major arteries that supply...
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Spinal Cord Tumors
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
Spinal Cord Tumors Definition A spinal cord tumor is a benign or cancerous growth in the spinal cord, between the membranes covering the spinal cord, or in the spinal canal. A tumor in this location can compress the spinal cord or its nerve roots...
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Tethered Spinal Cord Syndrome
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Tethered spinal cord syndrome Definition Tethered spinal cord syndrome (TSCS), also known as occult spinal dysraphism sequence, is a congenital condition that causes the spinal cord, before or after birth, to become attached to the spinal...
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