spinal
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It links the brain to the spinal cord and controls breathing, heartbeat, sleep, wakefulness and movement.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
MS damages myelin, the fatty protective coating that surrounds nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 29, 2026
Medtronic is a key player in the $15 billion External link cranial and spinal technologies market.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
For years, doctors relied only on written memory tests, invasive spinal taps and expensive imaging to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Here we're somewhere in the middle of the head with the cortex above, the corpus callosum in the middle, and the brain stem descending to the spinal column.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
