Introduction

As a core part of the central nervous system, the spinal cord has a distinctive role in the etiology and exacerbation of common and less common neurologic disorders. This issue of Neurologic Clinics will look at the spinal cord's involvement in disorders arising generally in the CNS, as well as disorders based within the cord itself.

Articles include

Spinal cord: A review of functional neuroanatomy

Infections of spinal cord

Multiple sclerosis and spinal cord

Transverse myelitis

Neuromyelitis optica

Vascular disorders of spinal cord

Spine and spinal cord trauma

Imaging of spinal cord: General principles

Toxic, nutritional, and metabolic deficiencies of spinal cord

Spinal cord: Motor neuron diseases

Spinal cord tumors: New views and future directions

Spinal cord and spasticity: A mechanistic view

Cervical spondylosis and stenosis

Autonomic nervous system disorders and spinal cord

Stiff person syndrome: What is new?

Sleep disorders in patients with spinal cord injury