However, when Erbacher looked at skin tissue under the microscope, he noticed that nerve fibers did not just grow around skin cells but, to the whole team’s surprise, tunneled straight through them.

(A) Illustration of myelinated nerve fiber and saltatory conduction of action potential. An example of PNS myelinated nerve fiber is shown. (B) Illustration of transverse section of myelinated ...

After the gland is gone from the cheek, parasympathetic nerve fibers that once innervated the parotid gland mistakenly grow into the skin and connect with sweat glands after surgery. That leads to ...

“We could already quantify small sensory fibers using intra-epidermal nerve fiber density (IENFD) analysis of skin biopsies but, until now, had no means to quantify autonomic nerve fiber ...

You've heard massaging it can relieve stress—now experts have found the 27 million U.S. autoimmune sufferers could find ...

Fast nerve fibers respond when our skin is pricked or poked, relaying messages to an area of the brain called the somatosensory cortex. But in recent years, the neuroscientist Prof Francis McGlone ...

Damaged nerve fibers are more likely to become overactive ... Athlete’s foot is a fungal infection that develops in warm, moist parts of your skin. Sweaty shoes and socks, as well as humidity ...

The skin is retracted and blunt instruments are used to gently ... In addition to routine histology, a properly processed nerve biopsy must include semi-thin sections and teased nerve fiber ...