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.

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 ...

Small fiber sensory neuropathy is a neuromuscular disorder that can be caused by various conditions. It can also occur on its own. Main symptoms are numbing of the skin’s ability to feel ...

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, ...

Jan. 25, 2012— -- A new study published today sheds light on Morgellons disease, a controversial condition marked by crawling sensations in the skin. In response to increasing reports of ...

Researchers in Switzerland have found a new way to make highly elastic fibers that can be embedded with sensing components to double as nerves in a robotic nervous system. The fibers, developed by ...

Skin has two main layers. ... The dermis is thicker than the epidermis and contains all sweat and oil glands, hair follicles, connective tissues, nerve endings, and lymph vessels.

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 ...