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Your spinal cord is the part of your nervous system that relays messages to and from your brain. It is housed inside your vertebrae, which are the bone disks that make up your spine. Normally, your vertebrae protect your spinal cord. If they don't, you can sustain a spinal cord injury. Besides injuries, the spinal cord can develop
Symptoms vary but might include pain, numbness, loss of sensation and muscle weakness. These symptoms can occur around the spinal cord, and also in other areas such as your arms and legs. Treatments vary but often include medicines and surgery.
Proneuron Biotechnologies, Inc - Developing therapies for neurological disorders such as spinal cord injuries, neurodegenerative diseases and glaucoma. Features explanation of technology and details of clinical studies. Los Angeles, California, USA.
Neurology Complications of HIV and AIDS; Care and Research - Treatment of AIDS/HIV problems such as neuropathy, memory disturbance, dementia, headache, pain, shingles, Bell's Palsy, myopathy, spinal cord disease and gait disorders.
HONselect - Peripheral Nervous System Diseases - Information about the main diseases of the peripheral nerves external to the brain and spinal cord.
Margot Anderson Brain Restoration Foundation - Advancing clinical research for the restoration and rehabilitation of brain function after brain injury, spinal cord damage, stroke, paralysis, Alzheimer and Parkinson disease.
Reeve-Irvine Spinal Cord Injury Research Center - Dedicated to spinal cord injury research and finding a cure for spinal cord injury and neural degenerative disease.
Lois Pope Life Foundation - Life Fellows will help lead the way into the prevention and cure of neurological disorders, diseases, and spinal cord injuries.
Hospital for Special Care - A rehabilitation and chronic disease hospital for adult and pediatric stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, pulmonary, and medically complex patients. (New Britain)
Gaylord Hospital - Specialty rehabilitation for brain, stroke, spinal cord, pulmonary and musculoskeletal injuries and diseases. Services also address neuromuscular disorders and debility following cancer treatment. (Wallingford)
Nevada - Paralyzed Veterans of America - The Nevada Paralyzed Veterans of America, Inc. is dedicated to improving and ensuring the quality of life for American veterans who have suffered spinal cord injury or disease resulting in paralysis.
Dallas Neurosurgical Associates - A group of board certified neurosurgeons with offices in Dallas and Plano, Texas who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of brain tumors, spinal cord tumors, Parkinson's disease, carpal tunnel syndrome and chronic pain.