When you feel pain from a hot pan or a sharp pin, you are sending sensory information via sensory neurons up to the brain. The flow of electrical impulses is directed from the source of the pain along ...

Within the nervous system, nerve cells receive information through different bodily senses: smell, sight, sound, touch, and taste. This information is transported to and interpreted by the brain, so ...

The tingling, numbness, and pain of peripheral neuropathy generally stem from nerve damage in your hands and feet. The nerve damage—and the symptoms—generally start in your longest nerves, which is ...

Optic neuritis (ON) is an inflammation that damages your optic nerve. It can cause vision loss and pain when you move your eyes. As the inflammation goes away, your symptoms usually get better.

The nervous system is the body’s direct communication system. It’s made up of the body’s many nerve cells. These cells work together in a network that sends and receives signals from one ...

Vagus Nerve Stimulation therapy is a treatment for epilepsy that involves a stimulator (or 'pulse generator') which is connected, inside the body, to the left vagus nerve in the neck. The stimulator ...

BECAUSE of the interest in the recent publication on peripheral entrapment neuropathies of the upper extremity, 1 it was decided to review these conditions in the lower extremity. An entrapment ...

Nerve pain refers to painful sensations around the nerves. Various treatment options are available, including anticonvulsants, certain antidepressants, mild opioids, and some topical treatments ...

The relationships with the masseteric vessels were variable. Facial paralysis is a condition caused by the involvement of the facial nerve at any point along its path. Facial movement can be restored ...

If you have seizures which can’t be controlled with epilepsy medicines, and you are not able to have epilepsy brain surgery, then vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy may be an option for you. The ...

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