Your brain and spinal cord are bathed in fluid. A lumbar puncture, also called a spinal tap, is a procedure doctors use to remove and test some of this liquid, called cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). It ...

In many if not most cases, neurologists can diagnose multiple sclerosis (MS) on the basis of symptoms, along with an MRI scan of the brain and spinal cord. But when results aren’t conclusive, they ...

Multiple sclerosis causes lesions to the spinal cord and other parts of the central nervous system. An MRI can detect spinal cord lesions and help diagnose and monitor the condition. Multiple ...

—The location and size of lesions in the cervical spinal cord on MRI correlated with the type of MS, how aggressive it was, and disability. Reviewed by J. William Lindsey, MD, University of Texas ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: What happens during a spinal adjustment? Can professionals other than chiropractors safely do spinal adjustments? ANSWER: Chiropractors commonly perform spinal adjustments, also ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: What happens during a spinal adjustment? Can professionals other than chiropractors safely do spinal adjustments? ANSWER: Chiropractors commonly perform spinal adjustments, also ...

ORLANDO — Spinal cord gray matter (SCGM) atrophy can be detected at early stages of multiple sclerosis (MS), even when there's an absence of white matter atrophy, new research suggests. The ...

Radiomics offers improved assessment of spinal cord pathology in MS, surpassing conventional MRI in precision and sensitivity. A study identified 12 significant radiomic features, with four ...

• Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a progressive, immune-mediated disorder where the system designed to keep your body healthy mistakenly attacks parts of your body that are not harmful, specifically ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) can cause a wide variety of symptoms. You may have brain fog, weakness or numbness in an arm or leg, an unsteady walk, changes to how you see or speak, or fatigue. MS symptoms ...