A new understanding of how tumours exploit our nervous system is leading to new ways to treat cancer using familiar drugs ...

Tumor-driving gene may be able to prevent nerve pain caused by chemotherapy by: Clare Gehlich Posted: May 28, 2025 / 12:23 PM EDT Updated: May 28, 2025 / 12:23 PM EDT ...

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 ...

We derive, based on an analytical nerve membrane model and optimal control theory of dynamical systems, an energy-optimal stimulation current waveform for electrical excitation of nerve fibers.

Specifically, they found that GLP-1R–mediated extracellular signal-regulated kinase signaling in diabetic rodents protected large motor fiber function and small fiber structure by a mechanism ...

A high cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) is an injury in the upper neck between the first and fourth cervical vertebrae (C1 to C4). SCIs can damage the phrenic nerve that controls the diaphragm (the ...

Engineers at MIT say they developed soft, implantable fibers that could help explore causes of and treatments for peripheral nerve disorders. These fibers can deliver light to major nerves throughout ...

A new study revealed that people with tinnitus have damage to specific fibers within their auditory nerve that is not detected by standard hearing tests. In addition, neurons in the brainstem ...

A breakthrough technology by engineers at MIT harnesses soft optical fibers to deliver targeted light therapy for nerve-related pain, without restricting body movements. The innovative tool could ...

The fibers were able to significantly inhibit sciatic pain in those light-stimulated mice. The researchers see the fibers as a new tool that can help scientists identify the roots of pain and other ...

Small fiber neuropathy is a type of peripheral neuropathy that affects the small nerve fibers in the skin. This condition usually causes an unpleasant tingling sensation or burning pain in the feet.

When you’re developing in the womb, your optic nerve contains about 3.7 million nerve fibers. That number drops to 1.1 million by birth through the controlled destruction of unneeded cells.