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 ...

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 ...

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

These nerves are part of your peripheral nervous system. They carry information in the form of nerve impulses from your spinal cord to the rest of your body and from your body to your spinal cord.

Your spinal nerves Spinal nerves are part of your peripheral nervous system (PNS). Your PNS works to connect the rest of your body with your CNS, which is made up of your brain and spinal cord.

Neurological disorders are conditions that affect the central and peripheral nervous systems. Together, these systems include the brain, the spinal cord, and the nerves that extend out of these ...

RA can hurt your peripheral nerves, which are part of the peripheral nervous system. That’s the communication system that helps your central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) send and ...

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.

News Published: 03 May 1888 On the Comparison of the Cranial with the Spinal Nerves W. H. GASKELL Nature 38, 19–20 (1888) Cite this article ...

These complications may affect a person’s life expectancy. Peripheral neuropathy (PN) is damage to the nerves in the peripheral nervous system.

Autism is considered a disorder of the brain. But a new study suggests that the peripheral nervous system, the nerves that control our sense of touch, pain and other sensations, may play a role as ...

Cranial sacral therapy may help provide relief for certain conditions, including headaches. There’s a low risk of side effects and you may try this therapy if you have musculoskeletal head, neck ...