A new tool may help neurologists predict which coma patients may be candidates for organ donation, according to a new study. A new tool may help neurologists predict which coma patients may be ...

LONG survival of patients with complete severance of the spinal cord is rarely encountered in civilian life. During the recent world conflict, however, the high incidence of casualties from ...

According to a study published in the April 27, 2010, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, a new tool may help neurologists predict which coma patients ...

The developmental source for a key type of neuron that allows animals to walk, a finding that could help pave the way for new therapies for spinal cord injuries or other motor impairments related to ...

Reflexes are automatic and involuntary actions the body produces in response to certain stimuli. While some reflexes can involve muscles and movement, others involve internal processes within the body ...

LONDON. Royal Society, November 1.—E. G. T. Liddell and Sir Charles Sherrington: A comparison between certain features of the spinal flexor reflex and of the decerebrate extensor reflex respectively.

Radial tunnel syndrome is a controversial topic in nerve decompression. Variations exist in the diagnosis and treatment plan for this condition. Different outcomes of surgical intervention after ...

Leaflet movements in the mimosa-family tree Samanea saman stem from coordinated volume changes of cells in the leaf motor organs in the adaxial and abaxial motor cells ("flexors" and "extensors").

A new tool may help neurologists predict which coma patients may be candidates for organ donation, according to a study published in the April 27, 2010, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal ...