Peripheral nerve injuries, often caused by traumatic events such as car accidents, falls or battlefield injuries, can leave patients with long-term weakness, numbness or loss of function. Despite ...

When AHR is turned off, neurons shift priorities. They increase protein production and activate pathways that support axon growth. The team also found that this regenerative response depends on ...

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 receive ...

Facial nerve disorders can significantly impact your quality of life, affecting how you speak, eat, drink, and express emotion. A facial nerve disorder results from damage to the nerves controlling ...

A pinched nerve can be very painful—no matter where it’s located in your body. If you experience one in your back, it can travel to other parts of the body and cause sharp pain, tingling, numbness, or ...

What Is the Occipital Nerve? The occipital nerve is actually a group of nerves that give you feeling in your scalp. They branch off from larger nerves in your spinal cord. There are three kinds of ...

The solar plexus, which doctors call the “celilac plexus,” is ajuncture point of nerves in the abdomen, near the stomach. Mysticshave claimed it is the center of intuition and seat of emotions.But ...

A Terre Haute South teen is preparing to travel to Germany for an experimental treatment that could help save his eyesight.