spinal

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He suffered from a rare neurological condition and, during a post-mortem examination, his brain and part of his spinal cord were removed for further research.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

In total, about 160 small slices of Donnie's brain and spinal cord were kept in the archives of the Munich research centre - later renamed the Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry - ever since.

From BBC • 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

A spinal twist to the right, for instance, while doing a “thread the needle” pose, was far more difficult for me than it would be on land.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026

The stalk is your brain stem, which plugs into your spinal cord.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman