Unlike the brain and spinal cord, peripheral nerve cells, whose long extensions reach the skin and internal organs, are ...

Peripheral neuropathy is damage to the nerves in the feet or hands. Symptoms can include numbness, tingling (pins and needles), and pain.

Peripheral neuropathy can vary from mild to severe and stem from various causes, such as diabetes and trauma. To understand how it can be a disability, it helps to know how the condition affects ...

Comprised of all the nerves in the body outside of the brain and spinal cord, the peripheral nervous system has two vital functions: it feeds sensory information to the brain, and it carries ...

What you eat and drink, as well as how your body absorbs the nutrients from what you consume, can contribute to or exacerbate neuropathy, also known as peripheral nerve damage.

New research investigating neurological decline in a population of “super healthy” elderly subjects found that the decline in neurological function of the peripheral nervous system attributed to aging ...

Combining a pair of experimental drugs may help treat malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors with fewer harmful side effects, according to preliminary animal studies.

Omega-3 fatty acids, which are found in fish oil, have the potential to protect nerves from injury and help them to regenerate, new research suggests.

The funding will support Feinstein Institutes scientists to pioneer a landmark map of the vagus nerve and its connections to the brain and peripheral organs MANHASSET, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Like ...

The researchers suspected that peripheral neuropathy is caused by the immune system, so used single-cell sequencing to detect changes in immune cells near sensory neuron axons in peripheral nerves.

Peripheral nerve stimulation is applied to a wide variety of clinical conditions and a growing list of possible applications.

I wish if somebody gives an equal facelift to Aids to the Examination of the Peripheral Nervous System published by the Guarantors of Brain; it was an essential companion to medical students and ...