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

When parts of the nervous system start to break down—or get broken—the consequences for human health can be staggering. Can ...

Your peripheral nervous system connects the nerves from your brain and spinal cord, or central nervous system, to the rest of your body. This includes your: ...

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.

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 ...

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

The peripheral nervous system is the network of nerves strands that branch off from the left and right sides of the spinal cord through openings between each vertebra on the spinal canal. These nerve ...

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 ...

In the study, however, it was found that in addition to noradrenaline, these nerves also express neuropeptide Y, something previously unknown in this part of the nervous system.

New approach to spinal cord, brain injury research Research challenges dogma of nerve regeneration Date: July 15, 2015 Source: University of South Carolina Summary: Many an injury will heal, but ...

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 ...