Alcoholic neuropathy is a condition in which drinking too much alcohol causes damage to nerve tissue. This may cause pain, tingling, and numbing in your limbs. Alcoholism, now called alcohol use ...

Dendrites: Dendrites also look like tree branches that extend from the neuron cell body, but they receive messages from a neuron. Each dendrite's end allows for cells to communicate. Neurons rely on ...

In the modern world, nerve pain and neuropathy are becoming increasingly prevalent issues that can significantly alter one’s quality of life. Many individuals suffering from these conditions may ...

Their findings, published in Nature Neuroscience, suggest that the mPFC transforms sensory inputs into behavioral outputs by performing a series of computations at a neuron population-level.

Sciatica results from the irritation or compression of the sciatic nerve, which runs from the lower back to the toes. Certain stretches and exercises may help relieve the pain and discomfort it ...

Autonomic neuropathy is nerve damage that affects your automatic body functions — the things your body does whether you think about them or not. When you have this kind of damage, which can be ...

1 Institute of Zoology, Neurophysiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany 2 Neural Circuits and Behavior Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom As a first step to ...

Cranial nerve examination forms an essential part of neurological examination and is vital to identify abnormalities relating to an array of cranial pathologies. It can be performed in various ...

The maxillary nerve supplies sensory innervation to the middle third of the face and carries important information to the central nervous system (CNS). It is a branch of the trigeminal nerve (the ...