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Your backbone, or spine, is made up of 26 bone discs called vertebrae. The vertebrae protect your spinal cord and allow you to stand and bend. A number of problems can change the structure of the spine or damage the vertebrae and surrounding tissue. They include
Spinal diseases often cause pain when bone changes put pressure on the spinal cord or nerves. They can also limit movement. Treatments differ by disease, but sometimes they include back braces 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.
Sciatica Exercises - Reviews and illustrations of exercises for sciatica caused by herniated discs, degenerative disc disease, spondylolisthesis, or spinal stenosis. From Spine-Health.com
Melissa's Page on Spinal Muscular Atrophy - Personal web page about Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Describes growing up with the disease and current events in Melissa's life.
Families of SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy) - International support group and resource center for this disease, includes current research.
Spinal Muscular Atrophy - This site contains a collection of material pertaining to SMA. I have been searching facts on SMA ever since our son was diagnosed with the disease in 1994.
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.