Berry was born with spina bifida, which occurs when a spinal column doesn’t close properly in utero. A neurological condition requiring lifelong care, the kitten's symptoms include diminished reflexes ...

Five children, aged 7 to 8, from a private school in Kerala, India, have been diagnosed with viral meningitis. Authorities ...

Neural foraminal stenosis causes nerve irritation and compression when the space a spinal nerve travels through narrows.

Spinal muscular atrophy type 1 is a genetic disorder that typically appears within the first six months of life, causing ...

Orgasms are basically a massive reflex, kind of like a “giant sneeze ... Complications affecting the genitals, pelvic floor muscles, spinal cord and brain can make orgasms premature, delayed ...

Moro reflex reactions on one side of the body (asymmetrical) may be due to a local injury, such as a broken collarbone, nerve damage, or a spinal cord problem. Your healthcare provider can diagnose ...

What Are the Treatments for Spinal Stenosis? Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the canal in your spinal column that affects mostly people age 50 and older. Nothing can cure it, but there are ...

Spinal stenosis surgery helps to reopen your spinal canal, the channel in your backbone that houses your spinal cord and other nerves. A doctor does the surgery when the space in the canal narrows ...

It involves cutting portions of the sensory nerves that supply sensation information from the legs to reduce overactive spinal reflexes. Hassan Akbari, M.D., is a pediatric neurosurgeon with Johns ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) causes a specific type of damage, called demyelination, to the central nervous system, including the spinal cord. MS is a neurological disease. It causes the immune system ...

Spinal bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) causes a loss of motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem. It mainly affects facial and swallowing muscles and the muscles in the arms and legs ...

Spasticity was assessed using the Modified Ashworth Scale, Tardieu Scale, Spinal Cord Assessment Tool for Spastic Reflexes, and a patient self-evaluation with a visual analog scale. Muscle atrophy was ...