The vagus nerve, a complex bundle of 200,000 fibers connecting the brain to vital organs, has remained a medical enigma for ...

Nerve cells have amazing strategies to save energy and still perform the most important of their tasks. Researchers from the ...

For all the known benefits CBD offers, it’s unclear how well it can relieve nerve pain. Few studies have looked at CBD and nerve pain specifically. With neuropathy, CBD research is even more ...

Myelinated neurons transmit electrical signals more quickly than the unmyelinated nerves in the body. Myelinated axons are present in sensory neurons and motor neurons, but not all sensory and motor ...

Call the Midwife is back on BBC One with Sister Catherine making her debut as she joins Nonnatus House for her midwifery training. The character is played by Molly Vevers and in her first episode ...

The mean distance between the LFCN and the ASIS was 15.6 ± 4.2 mm (range 2.2–38.7). The nerve passed under the IL in 198 cases (82.5%), whereas in 44 cases (17.5%), it passed through the IL ...

Gluten neuropathy refers to damage that can occur to peripheral nerves in people with gluten sensitivity. Peripheral nerves are the nerves that travel from the spine and the brain to the other areas ...

Optic neuritis (ON) is an inflammation that damages your optic nerve. It can cause vision loss and pain when you move your eyes. As the inflammation goes away, your symptoms usually get better.

Vagus Nerve Stimulation therapy is a treatment for epilepsy that involves a stimulator (or 'pulse generator') which is connected, inside the body, to the left vagus nerve in the neck. The stimulator ...

The nerves affected may be "sensory," basically ... encroaches on the obturator canal. The pain distribution may extend from the groin to the knee and is present at rest. Marked secondary adductor ...