Interpretation of clinical findings of BPI in newborns depends on knowledge of peripheral nervous system (PNS) structures and physiology. All nervous system structures originate from the embryonic ...

The obturator nerve is a large, multibranched nerve that travels through your pelvis to your inner thigh. This nerve helps you feel sensations like temperature and pain in your lower limbs. It also ...

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 ...

The FDA has approved Avance® (acellular nerve allograft-arwx) for the treatment of sensory nerve discontinuity.

Ultrasonography has an established role in the investigation of nerve entrapment syndromes and ambiguous neurophysiological findings, and an emerging role in the assessment of diffuse polyneuropathies ...

It is enough to give medical students a nerve-ous breakdown. Yep, I’m talking about nerves—you know, those complex peripheral nerves, nerve roots, and plexuses that will give even the heartiest mind a ...

Supplements such as alpha-lipoic acid, magnesium, B vitamins, zinc, and others may help you manage numbness, pain, and other symptoms of neuropathy.

Peripheral nerve impairments in older adults were tied to a higher risk of subsequent dementia, a study of longitudinal data showed. Combined sensory and motor impairments in the lower leg doubled the ...

Peripheral neuropathy is a blanket term for pain and discomfort and other symptoms that result from damage to peripheral nerves, which are the nerves that extend away from the brain and spinal cord.

Peripheral neuropathy is a nerve damage disorder that typically causes pain in your hands and feet. Certain types of exercises may help preserve nerve function and promote nerve regeneration.

A peripheral nerve block is a procedure done by an anesthesiologist to provide postoperative pain relief for people having knee replacement surgery. The anesthesiologist (a doctor specializing in pain ...