Measuring pain, one of the most fundamental tasks in medicine, remains one of the least accurate.

A nerve consists of a bundle of nerve fibers. Nerves transmit messages between ... Schwannomas can press on nerves and body tissues, causing pain or other problems. If you have one, your doctor ...

In a recent case report published in Frontiers in Immunology, scientists in Canada described how an experimental treatment ...

(A) Illustration of myelinated nerve fiber and saltatory conduction of action potential. An example of PNS myelinated nerve fiber is shown. (B) Illustration of transverse section of myelinated ...

Most cochlear nerves carry information from the cochlea to the brain, but about 5% send signals in the opposite direction: ...

It's believed that over 20 million Americans suffer from some form of damage to their nerves, or neuropathy. For the afflicted, pain, tingling or numbness often begins in the hands or feet.

This skin-nerve cell link could inform research on nervous system disorders that affect the skin. For example, small fiber neuropathy causes a chronic, persistent burning pain on the skin, and Üçeyler ...

Neuroscientist Rita Levi-Montalcini began her Nobel Prize–winning work in a makeshift laboratory in Italy during the Second World War. After widespread government layoffs, scientists worry about the ...

Chronic pain at the site of the nerve biopsy occurs in 3 to 5 percent of patients undergoing a nerve biopsy. In addition to routine histology, a properly processed nerve biopsy must include semi-thin ...

Ear acupuncture has been proven to activate the VN. In He, et al.’s research, 8 they found that auricular acupuncture ...