Rensselaer, NY - (May 20, 2019) A study published today in PLOS ONE discovered the origin of severely disfiguring masses of cells, called neurofibromas, that gradually develop throughout the skin ...

Researchers have used new imaging techniques to explore the function and structures of the neuro-cutaneous unit – the connection between the nervous system and the skin.

For example, small fiber neuropathy causes a chronic, persistent burning pain on the skin, and Üçeyler hopes that future studies will reveal whether nerve tunnels play a role in the condition. 7 ...

The vagus nerve is a complex network of over 200,000 fibers that acts as an ... This diagram shows the branches of the vagus nerve in ... through the skin to stimulate nerves and ...

A nerve is a bundle of fibers that receives and sends messages between the body and the brain. The messages are sent by chemical and electrical changes in the cells, technically called neurons ...

This ends up connecting the PSNS fibers to sweat glands in the skin. So, upon signals of eating, the crossed nerve fibers lead not to salivation but heat responses, ...

MANHASSET, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Researchers at The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research have developed a way to observe the effects of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) – the act of ...