Anatomy as a key to function of the spinal cord spinal modulation of noxious stimuli spasticity hazards of lumbar puncture neuropathology embryonic development of the spinal cord and associated disorders imaging of the spine and spinal cord neurophysiological investigation of the spinal cord radiculopathy due to diseases other than disc diseases disc and degenerative disease - stenosis, spondylosis and subluxation craniocervical anomalies and non-traumatic syringomyelia cervical myelopathy due to rheumatoid arthritis meningitic disorders and myelopathies anterior horn cell diseases three tropical spinal cord syndromes the conus medullaris and sphincter control spinal vascular disease decompression illnesses and the spinal cord hereditary and nutritional disorders of the spinal cord vertebral body collapse spinal epidural abscess spinal cord compression and spinal cord tumours trauma and paraplegia rehabilitation, walking aids, functional electrical stimulation and overcoming spasticity.