Abstract This article – the fourth in a series about the nervous system – examines the peripheral nervous system, which is made up of nerves that connect the central nervous system to the rest of the ...

Nerve damage generally happens slowly, says Isha Gupta, M.D., neurologist. So you might be able to catch it and prevent it ...

Network outside your central nervous system All the nerves and nerve cells outside your central nervous system make up your peripheral nervous system. Its task is to relay information from your ...

Introduction The first article in this series introduced the nervous system, which comprises the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS). Parts two and three focused on ...

The central system is the primary command center for the body, and is comprised of the brain and spinal cord. The peripheral nervous system consists of a network of nerves that connects the rest ...

Yep! 4) Peripheral nerves are much slower than you thought. Pain fibers, like those that carry bad news from your big toe to your CNS, conduct nerve impulses at a leisurely 2 miles per hour.

When a motion-tracking system was utilized to analyze the robot's movements as it swam through a pool, the researchers found that it performed best when both nervous systems worked together.

A recent study aimed to explore how the peripheral nervous system (PNS) is affected in people with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Of the more than 1,800 people followed in the study, nearly 8% ...

"An injury in the peripheral nervous system quickly triggers the activation of a fascinating repair process that allows the injured nerve to regenerate and regain its function. There is no such ...