Karla Flores was diagnosed with a rare brain tumor. An misplaced MRI found a second, nearly inoperable, tumor on her spine.

Every type of spinal decompression modifies or removes bone, spinal disc or soft tissues that are causing compression of a nerve. The techniques vary according to which tissues are causing the ...

Spinal stenosis means a narrowing of the spinal canal – a space within the spine which protects the spinal cord and nerve roots. Lumbar refers to segment of your spine that contains the five spinal ...

We also performed histological and molecular studies on sections of the spinal cord, DCN, and SI and electrophysiological recordings on of DCN and SI. Although in the ldquoimplantedrdquo regions ...

Together, the brain and the spinal ... body. Nerve cells are held in place and supported by glial cells. There are different types of glial cells including astrocytes, oligodendrocytes and ependymal ...