Scientists discovered that axons don’t quite look like straight cables. Instead, axons often appear like pearls on a string.

Bill Plaschke, a famed sports journalist for the Los Angeles Times since 1987 and longtime panelist on ESPN's Around the Horn ...

A pair of MRI tests revealed no structural damage to Robert Stephenson’s surgically repaired right elbow, but the Los Angeles Angels reliever was diagnosed with a stretched biceps nerve that will side ...

One method I find helpful is using acupressure to stimulate pressure points that naturally reduce anxiety symptoms. Though it ...

A decentralized nervous system is one factor that helps octopuses adapt to changes, such as injury or predation, as seen in the case of an Octopus vulgaris, or common octopus, that was observed with ...

It is a congenital condition, which means it is present from birth. In Hirschsprung's disease, certain types of nerve cells (ganglion cells) are missing from a part of the bowel. In areas without such ...

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Abstract: Focused ultrasound (FUS) peripheral neuromodulation has been linked to nerve displacement caused by the acoustic radiation force; however, the roles of cavitation and temperature ...

Your cervical spine contains seven vertebrae (C1 to C7), with six intervertebral discs and eight nerve roots. The spinal cord travels inside the vertebral column constructed from the front by ...