Analyzing molecular changes in two types of peripheral nerves that are affected in diabetic peripheral neuropathy – the sural, which carry sensory signals, and the tibial, which carry both sensory and ...

To rapidly transmit electrical signals in the brain, the long nerve fibers are insulated by specialized cells called oligodendrocytes. These cells also respond to the electrical signals of active ...

“Neurological disabilities” is an umbrella term to describe a wide range of nervous system disorders. Disorders can occur before birth or after as a result of various factors including head trauma, ...

"The human body is the most complex system ever created." Bill Gates is right on. One example of the complexity is the ...

Diabetic peripheral neuropathy, a condition in which diabetes mellitus damages nerves in the body, leading to chronic pain, affects roughly 37 million people in the United States and 460 million ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with MS had lower corneal nerve fiber density, corneal nerve branch density and corneal nerve fiber ...

A new tool to model peripheral nerve stimulation rapidly discovered optimal electrical waveforms (white traces) which, when delivered through the metal contacts of a cuff electrode placed on the vagus ...

A deep-learning model trained on optical coherence tomography scans of the optic nerve head reliably distinguished among various types of optic nerve damage, such as glaucoma, non-arteritic anterior ...

FDA authorizes compassionate use of urcosimod for neuropathic corneal pain, a condition that causes severe pain and ...

MANHASSET, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Researchers at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research have developed a groundbreaking new method for vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) that offers unprecedented ...