A nerve injury activates a brain pathway that turns short-term pain into chronic pain. Blocking this signal may prevent ...

Caudal regression syndrome is a rare congenital disorder. It’s estimated that 1 to 2.5 in every 100,000 newborns is born with this condition. It occurs when the lower spine doesn’t fully form before ...

Recent studies have reported rostro-caudal distinctions in frontal cortex activity based on the level of abstractness of action representations. Moreover, some have proposed that these differences ...

A recent report provided anesthesiologists with reassuring data on the safety of caudal nerve block—sometimes called the "kiddie caudal"—for infants and young children undergoing surgery. But an ...

a: Location of the caudal artery in a mouse (left) and a schematic cross-section of the mouse tail (right). The yellow arrow indicates the caudal artery along the tail. b: Comparison of fluorescence ...

A recent genetic study provides new information on the occurrence of a DVL2 gene defect associated with a screw tail and its relevance to canine constitution and health. The variant was found in ...

Caudal regression syndrome is an anal-rectal congenital disorder. It is also known as caudal dysplasia or sacral syndrome. It impacts the normal formation of the lower (caudal) half of the body. It ...