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The needles will prompt your nerves to send pain-relieving and mood-regulating messages to the brain and spinal cord.
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Michelle Pugle, Verywell Health, 26 Sep. 2024
The larger particles stayed behind, just at the border between the spinal cord and the beginning of the peripheral nerves.
—Byrodrigo Pérez Ortega, science.org, 4 Sep. 2024
With the urinary system, spinal cord compression can cause difficulty beginning urination, a weak urine stream, or difficulty fully emptying the bladder.
—Julie Scott, Msn, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
On a bright red background, purple and yellow triangles, overlaid with shadows of Barney’s omnipresent Field Emblem and a form like a twisted spinal cord, meet at a point, making a pattern like glass struck with a gunshot.
—Lillian Davies, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
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Michelle Pugle, Verywell Health, 26 Sep. 2024
The larger particles stayed behind, just at the border between the spinal cord and the beginning of the peripheral nerves.
—Byrodrigo Pérez Ortega, science.org, 4 Sep. 2024
With the urinary system, spinal cord compression can cause difficulty beginning urination, a weak urine stream, or difficulty fully emptying the bladder.
—Julie Scott, Msn, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
On a bright red background, purple and yellow triangles, overlaid with shadows of Barney’s omnipresent Field Emblem and a form like a twisted spinal cord, meet at a point, making a pattern like glass struck with a gunshot.
—Lillian Davies, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Spinal cord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spinal%20cord. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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