Spinal Cord

"Spinal Cord" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A cylindrical column of tissue that lies within the vertebral canal. It is composed of WHITE MATTER and GRAY MATTER.

Descriptor ID	D013116
MeSH Number(s)	A08.186.854
Concept/Terms	Spinal Cord Spinal Cord Cord, Spinal Cords, Spinal Spinal Cords Medulla Spinalis Medulla Spinali Spinali, Medulla Spinalis, Medulla Myelon Myelons Lumbar Cord Lumbar Cord Cord, Lumbar Cords, Lumbar Lumbar Cords Coccygeal Cord Coccygeal Cord Coccygeal Cords Cord, Coccygeal Cords, Coccygeal Thoracic Cord Thoracic Cord Cord, Thoracic Cords, Thoracic Thoracic Cords Tentorium Cerebelli Tentorium Cerebelli Cerebelli, Tentorium Cerebellus, Tentorium Tentorium Cerebellus Falx Cerebri Falx Cerebri Cerebri, Falx Cerebrus, Falx Falx Cerebrus Conus Medullaris Conus Medullaris Conus Medullari Medullari, Conus Medullaris, Conus Conus Terminalis Conus Terminali Terminali, Conus Terminalis, Conus Sacral Cord Sacral Cord Cord, Sacral Cords, Sacral Sacral Cords

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Anatomy [A]
Nervous System [A08]
Central Nervous System [A08.186]
Spinal Cord [A08.186.854]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Spinal Cord" by people in this website by year, and whether "Spinal Cord" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 272 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 18 publications in 2009 and 2010

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	3	4
1997	0	3	3
1998	1	5	6
1999	2	7	9
2000	1	3	4
2001	4	6	10
2002	3	4	7
2003	4	5	9
2004	9	7	16
2005	5	6	11
2006	6	5	11
2007	6	8	14
2008	8	9	17
2009	8	10	18
2010	7	11	18
2011	8	5	13
2012	6	4	10
2013	4	3	7
2014	6	9	15
2015	3	1	4
2016	2	7	9
2017	3	3	6
2018	4	4	8
2019	1	7	8
2020	1	3	4
2021	2	6	8
2022	1	7	8
2023	1	8	9
2024	2	3	5
2025	1	0	1

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Naghizadeh Kashani S, Vel I, Sadeghi Adl Z, Shahrampour S, Middleton D, Alizadeh M, Krisa L, Faro S, Tounekti S, Cohen-Adad J, Mohamed FB. Magnetization Transfer Ratio in the Typically Developing Pediatric Spinal Cord: Normative Data and Age Correlation. J Neuroimaging. 2025 Jan-Feb; 35(1):e70019.

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Das S, Shaw AK, Das Sarma S, Koval M, Das Sarma J, Maulik M. Neurotropic Murine ?-Coronavirus Infection Causes Differential Expression of Connexin 47 in Oligodendrocyte Subpopulations Associated with Demyelination. Mol Neurobiol. 2025 Mar; 62(3):3428-3445.

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Curran BM, Nickerson KR, Yung AR, Goodrich LV, Jaworski A, Tessier-Lavigne M, Ma L. Multiple guidance mechanisms control axon growth to generate precise T-shaped bifurcation during dorsal funiculus development in the spinal cord. Elife. 2024 Aug 19; 13.

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Hines K, Tran C, Koka A, Mouchtouris N, Hafazalla K, Hattar E, Wu C, Sharan A. Thoracic canal morphology on preoperative magnetic resonance imaging in spinal cord stimulation patients. Pain Pract. 2024 Nov; 24(8):1035-1041.

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Smith C, Telesford KM, Piccirillo SGM, Licon-Munoz Y, Zhang W, Tse KM, Rivas JR, Joshi C, Shah DS, Wu AX, Trivedi R, Christley S, Qian Y, Cowell LG, Scheuermann RH, Stowe AM, Nguyen L, Greenberg BM, Monson NL. Astrocytic stress response is induced by exposure to astrocyte-binding antibodies expressed by plasmablasts from pediatric patients with acute transverse myelitis. J Neuroinflammation. 2024 Jun 24; 21(1):161.

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Alizadeh SD, Jalalifar MR, Ghodsi Z, Sadeghi-Naini M, Malekzadeh H, Rahimi G, Mojtabavi K, Shool S, Eskandari Z, Masoomi R, Kiani S, Harrop J, Rahimi-Movaghar V. Reprogramming of astrocytes to neuronal-like cells in spinal cord injury: a systematic review. Spinal Cord. 2024 04; 62(4):133-142.

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Garg I, Wang D. Complications of Spinal Cord Stimulator Trials and Implants: A Review. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2023 Dec; 27(12):837-842.

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Middleton DM, Li Y, Chen A, Shinohara R, Fisher J, Krisa L, Elliot M, Faro SH, Woo JH, Flanders AE, Mohamed FB. Harmonization of multi-site diffusion tensor imaging data for cervical and thoracic spinal cord at 1.5?T and 3?T using longitudinal ComBat. Sci Rep. 2023 11 13; 13(1):19809.

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Tounekti S, Alizadeh M, Middleton D, Harrop JS, Hiba B, Krisa L, Mekkaoui C, Mohamed FB. Metal artifact reduction around cervical spine implant using diffusion tensor imaging at 3T: A phantom study. Magn Reson Imaging. 2024 01; 105:57-66.

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Tator CH, Guest JD, Neal CJ, Howley SP, Toups EG, Harrop JS, Aarabi B, Shaffrey CI, Fehlings MG. History and Accomplishments of the North American Clinical Trials Network for Spinal Cord Injury, 2004-2022. J Neurotrauma. 2023 09; 40(17-18):1823-1833.

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