Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cervical degenerative disc disease occurs when the functional spinal unit breaks down. It can lead to disabling ...

A new study published on December 23, 2025, in Neurology ®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, looks at how age may affect recovery for people with spinal cord injuries. With ...

Functional recovery after spinal cord injury significantly declines with age, especially beyond 70 years; however, neurologic ...

Researchers at UT Southwestern (UTSW) and Indiana University have used genetic engineering techniques to trigger the production of functional nerve cells from scar-forming cells in mouse spinal cords, ...

Researchers have successfully reprogrammed a glial cell type in the central nervous system into new neurons to promote recovery after spinal cord injury -- revealing an untapped potential to leverage ...

As spinal cord injuries increasingly affect older adults, new research reveals a surprising pattern in recovery. The study shows that aging does not appear to slow the healing of nerves themselves, ...

Osteoporotic vertebral fractures (OVFs) are a prevalent skeletal condition in the elderly, which occurs due to a net loss in bone density with the inevitable onset of aging. Unfortunately, they are ...