Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Spinal Cord

The spinal cord is the long, tubular bundle of nervous tissue that extends from the brainstem down through the vertebral column, forming the central pathway that carries motor, sensory, and autonomic signals between the brain and the rest of the body. Together with the brain, it constitutes the central nervous syste…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 43× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2694-1201 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

The spinal cord is the long, tubular bundle of nervous tissue that extends from the brainstem down through the vertebral column, forming the central pathway that carries motor, sensory, and autonomic signals between the brain and the rest of the body. Together with the brain, it constitutes the central nervous system and is protected by the vertebrae, meninges, and cerebrospinal fluid. The spinal cord coordinates reflexes and relays information essential to movement, sensation, and the regulation of internal organs. Damage from trauma, vascular abnormalities, tumors, or disease can cause loss of function below the level of injury, making prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of spinal cord disorders an important clinical concern. Within neuroscience and spine research, related topics include spinal cord injury and its epidemiology and outcomes, vascular lesions such as perimedullary arteriovenous fistulae, neoplasms of the central nervous system, developmental and molecular processes including Hox gene patterning and oligodendrocyte formation through signaling pathways, and inflammatory or demyelinating conditions. Research published in this journal spans spinal cord injuries in athletes, decompression for neuralgia, sacral injection techniques, spinal vascular malformations, central nervous system tumor statistics, neurodevelopmental biology, and post-infectious encephalomyelitis, reflecting the spinal cord's central role across neurological structure, function, injury, and disease.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 43 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Spinal Cord, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Spine and Neuroscience (ISSN 2694-1201).

Journal editorial board
Barbara Poletti · Italy Ian James Martins · Australia Domenico Chirchiglia · Italy

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