Spinal Cord - Physiology
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Direct evidence for spinal cord involvement in placebo analgesia.

14 Oct 2009 Placebo analgesia is a prime example of the impact that psychological factors have on pain perception. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging of the human spinal cord to test the hypothesis that placebo analgesia results in a reduction of ... Read more...

Innate and adaptive autoimmunity directed to the central nervous system.

13 Oct 2009 The immune system has two major components, an innate arm and an adaptive arm. Certain autoimmune diseases of the brain represent examples of disorders where one of these constituents plays a major role. Some rare autoimmune diseases involve ... Read more...

Cytokines and CNS development.

13 Oct 2009 Cytokines are pleotrophic proteins that coordinate the host response to infection as well as mediate normal, ongoing signaling between cells of nonimmune tissues, including the nervous system. As a consequence of this dual role, cytokines induced in ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Spinal Cord - Physiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Direct evidence for spinal cord involvement in placebo analgesia. 14 Oct 2009
• Innate and adaptive autoimmunity directed to the central nervous system. 13 Oct 2009
• Cytokines and CNS development. 13 Oct 2009
• Harnessing immune alterations in neurodegenerative diseases. 13 Oct 2009
• Neuroendocrine and immune influences on the CNS: it's a matter of sex. 13 Oct 2009
• Breaking boundaries in neural-immune interactions. 13 Oct 2009
• Stringent specificity in the construction of a GABAergic presynaptic inhibitory circuit. 30 Sep 2009
• Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring during spine surgery: a review. 29 Sep 2009
• Spinal interneuron axons spontaneously regenerate after spinal cord injury in the adult feline. 28 Sep 2009
• Role of M2, M3, and M4 muscarinic receptor subtypes in the spinal cholinergic control of nociception revealed using siRNA in rats. 21 Sep 2009
• Motoneuron transplantation rescues the phenotype of SMARD1 (spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type 1). 21 Sep 2009
• Control of CNS synapse development by {gamma}-protocadherin-mediated astrocyte-neuron contact. 21 Sep 2009
• Optogenetic dissection of a behavioural module in the vertebrate spinal cord. 15 Sep 2009
• Fast kinetics, high-frequency oscillations, and subprimary firing range in adult mouse spinal motoneurons. 7 Sep 2009
• [Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) as a treatment for the spread phenomenon related to complex regional pain syndrome type- I (CRPS-I )] 30 Aug 2009
• Generating evidence on spinal cord stimulation for failed back surgery syndrome: not yet fully charged. Clin j pain. 2008;24:757-758. 30 Aug 2009
• Astrocyte function and role in motor neuron disease: a future therapeutic target? 30 Aug 2009
• Noradrenergic modulation of neuronal responses to glutamate in the vestibular complex. 18 Aug 2009
• An intersegmental neuronal architecture for spinal wave propagation under deletions. 17 Aug 2009
• Midline crossing and Slit responsiveness of commissural axons require USP33. 14 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Spinal Cord'

Descriptor UI: D013116

Alternative terms: Spinal Cord; Cord, Spinal; Cords, Spinal; Spinal Cords;

Related Mesh Headings: Cordotomy; Motor Neurons; Myelography;

Allowable Qualifiers: pathology; physiology; physiopathology; radiation effects; radiography; radionuclide imaging; secretion; surgery; transplantation; ultrastructure; ultrasonography; chemistry; virology; abnormalities; anatomy & histology; blood supply; cytology; drug effects; embryology; enzymology; growth & development; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; parasitology;

Tree Number: A08.186.854;

Technical Notes: /radiogr permitted but consider MYELOGRAPHY; /surg: probably CORDOTOMY; inflammation = MYELITIS; coord IM with specific vertebrae (NIM) to locate site on spinal cord; do not confuse words containing "myel-" for spinal cord with "myel-" for bone marrow