Patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1 have more severe polyneuropathy compared to those with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). Chronic inflammatory demyelinating ...

The effect of previous activity on the responses to single, subsequent maximal stimuli has been studied in vivo in a number of mammalian nerves containing C fibres. The recorded monophasic action ...

Sometimes our bodies have a way of telling us, "Hey, that's enough!" This happens quite often when our fingers go numb while scrolling on our phones. It's normal to feel these pins and needles ...

Our great and glorious leader was ambushed on Tuesday morning. Captive in the front row at the Washington National Cathedral, he endured a shameful lecture from the pulpit, a sermon filled with putrid ...

Abstract: Numerous neurological dysfunctions are accompanied by an undesirable increase of nerve activity, such as neuropathic pain or spasticity. There have been several studies over the last years ...

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WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- In a provocative new study, scientists challenge a fundamental tenet in neuroscience about the shape of axons -- the long, thin filaments radiating from nerve cells that transmit ...

Your muscles move when nerve signals from the brain tell them to get to work. Electromyography (EMG), a diagnostic test, measures how well your muscles respond to those signals. Movement is a complex ...

Axillary nerve injuries affect the nerve that runs from your neck to your shoulder. They commonly happen when the nerve is overstretched. Axillary nerve compression and injury often leads to pain and ...