Functional and Structural Changes in the Central Nervous System Following Spinal Cord Injury

Inclusion Criteria: * Age \> 18 years * Informed consent * Willing to take part and follow requirements of the protocol Patients additionally need to fulfil the following study-specific inclusion criteria: Cross-sectional study: * Chronic traumatic SCI (\> 12 months after injury) or * Diagnosed degenerative spondylotic myelopathy (DCM) Longitudinal study: * Acute traumatic SCI (\< 2 months after injury) or * Patients with neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction (NLUTD) who undergo routine tibial nerve stimulation (TNS) treatment as part of their rehabilitation (but independently of this study) at Balgrist University Hospital Exclusion Criteria: * Age \< 18 years * Contraindications for MRI (presence of pacemaker or other type of stimulator in the body, presence of metallic foreign body in or on the body, etc.); we will comply with the imaging center's (SCMI) guidelines and in case of doubt we will exclude the participant from the study * No informed consent * History of psychiatric or neurological disease, apart from those induced by SCI (e.g.epilepsy) * History of skull opening or head trauma * Known or suspected non-adherence, drug or alcohol abuse * Inability to follow the procedures of the study, e.g. due to language problems, psychological disorders, dementia, etc. * Women who are pregnant (when uncertain, participants will undergo urine testing) or breastfeeding * Intention to become pregnant during the course of the study * Body mass index (BMI) \> 35 * Indi…