All current local anesthetics block sensory signals—pain—but they also interrupt motor signals, which can be problematic. For ...

Cross-section of nerve fibers from the mouse optic nerve: The dark dense lines show the insulating layer, the myelin. Highlighted in red is a swollen, clogged area of an impaired nerve fiber – caused ...

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 ...

Simple resistance training may help counteract age-related nerve deterioration that puts seniors at risk of injuries from ...

Axons that are regularly stimulated do not pass on increases in performance to their neighbors, study on mice reveals. A complex network of nerve fibers and synapses in the brain is responsible for ...

NeuroString is just a quarter of a millimeter in diameter—about the width of a human hair—and can host hundreds to thousands ...

Dr. Blair Peters is the first researcher to quantify nerve fibers in the human clitoris. He found an average of 10,280 nerve fibers across 7 clitorises. Commonly-cited research on cows found 8,000.

Corneal confocal microscopy can help identify corneal nerve fiber irregularities in women with epilepsy, according to a ...

When your optic nerve doesn’t develop all the way, you may not be able to see through that area of your eye. This congenital condition is most often experienced by people who have mothers with ...

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 ...