As part of the peripheral nervous system, the cranial nerves stem directly from the brain and come in 12 pairs, with one of each on both sides of the head (see diagram below). Every nerve has its own ...

Unlike the brain and spinal cord, peripheral nerve cells, whose long extensions reach the skin and internal organs, are capable of regenerating after injury. This is why injuries to the central ...

Hispanic people have an increased risk of peripheral neuropathy compared to white people that cannot be explained by many ...

Fainzilber’s lab at the Weizmann Institute of Science discovered that a family of hundreds of RNA molecules with no known physiological function is essential to nerve regeneration. Remarkably, the ...

Learn the risk factors and symptoms of peripheral neuropathy, nerve damage that is a common diabetes complication.

A 52-year-old man presented to our orthopedic clinic with an 8-month history of a right distal forearm mass accompanied by ...

A new study published in Cell on July 10 has reported the world's fastest high-resolution three-dimensional (3D) imaging technology for the entire body of small animals at subcellular resolution, ...

Nervous system involvement was common among a cohort of patients with AAV, with these individuals showing less severe renal impairment.

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand ...

Among patients with T2D and DPN, some with nonpainful DPN developed neuropathic pain over a 5-year period while others with painful DPN experienced relief.

Peripheral nervous system articles from across Nature Portfolio The peripheral nervous system is the part of the nervous system outside the brain and spinal cord. It consists of nerves that carry ...