The spinal cord is a long, cylindrical bundle of nerve fibres and cells that extends from the brainstem through the vertebral canal to the lower back, forming, with the brain, the central nervous system. It conducts motor commands from the brain to the body and relays sensory information back, while also mediating r…
The spinal cord is a long, cylindrical bundle of nerve fibres and cells that extends from the brainstem through the vertebral canal to the lower back, forming, with the brain, the central nervous system. It conducts motor commands from the brain to the body and relays sensory information back, while also mediating reflexes through local neural circuits. Protected by the vertebral column, meninges, and cerebrospinal fluid, the spinal cord is organised into segments that supply specific regions of the body, and damage to it from trauma, vascular lesions, or disease can cause lasting motor, sensory, and autonomic deficits. In Neurological Research and Therapy, the spinal cord is significant because injury and disease affecting it often produce severe, sometimes irreversible disability, motivating work on protection, repair, and rehabilitation. Key aspects include spinal cord injury, vascular malformations, developmental and genetic influences on the nervous system, and treatment approaches. Research published in this journal addresses embolization for perimedullary arteriovenous fistulae, spinal cord injuries in equestrian athletes, post-COVID-19 acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, oligodendrocyte development and Wnt signalling, conserved developmental gene programmes, and structural conditions such as Klippel-Feil syndrome, reflecting attention to spinal and central nervous system injury, development, and clinical management.
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