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Oct. 7, 2020 —Injuries to peripheral nerves -- tissues that transmit bioelectrical signals from the brain to the rest of the body -- often result in chronic pain, neurologic disorders, paralysis or disability. ...
Nov. 11, 2022 —The autonomic nervous system is known as the control center for involuntary bodily processes such as the beating of our hearts and our breathing. The fact that this part of the nervous system also ...
Mar. 16, 2022 —Researchers have identified a molecule essential for regulating the repair of injured nerves, which could help people recover from nerve ...
Oct. 14, 2020 —Autism is considered a disorder of the brain. But a new study suggests that the peripheral nervous system, the nerves that control our sense of touch, pain and other sensations, may play a role as ...
May 31, 2022 —The nervous system is known to communicate with the immune system and regulate inflammation in the body. Researchers now show how electrical activation of a specific nerve can promote healing in ...
Oct. 15, 2020 —Damaged nerves regenerate faster when protein clusters are broken apart, releasing mRNAs that can be used to rebuild the nerve. Scientists have found the trigger that could be used to accelerate ...
June 30, 2021 —Even the mundane act of swallowing requires a well-coordinated dance of more than 30 muscles of the mouth. The loss of function of even one of these, due to disease or injury, can be extremely ...
Dec. 1, 2020 —A new study shows how advanced imaging technology can pinpoint what may have caused patients' nerve damage and help determine the best course of ...
July 22, 2021 —With the application of a novel three-dimensional imaging technology, researchers have discovered that one portion of the autonomic nervous system in the liver undergoes severe degeneration in ...
Aug. 19, 2020 —Researchers have found a treatment that increases the speed of nerve regeneration by three to five times, leading to much better outcomes for trauma surgery ...