Groundbreaking nerve surgery allows 13 paralysed patients to regain the use of their arms to brush their teeth, write and
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Researchers discover new nerve pathway in the body
A newly discovered nerve pathway that connects the foot and the face on the same side of the body may
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The development of brain stem cells into new nerve cells and why this can lead to cancer
Stem cells are the true jacks-of-all-trades of our bodies, as they can turn into the many different cell types required
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Radial nerve injury: Symptoms, causes, and treatment
Radial nerve injury can cause pain, weakness, and loss of function in the wrist, hand, and fingers. A common term
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Common painkiller not effective for chronic pain after traumatic nerve injury
A new study out today in the Journal of Neurology finds that pregabalin is not effective in controlling the chronic
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A recipe for regenerating nerve fibers across complete spinal cord injury
Neuroscientists at UCLA, Harvard University and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology have identified a three-pronged treatment that triggers axons—the
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Study raises the standard for measuring nerve cell death
Researchers at UBC’s Okanagan campus have developed a new and improved method to judge the effectiveness of experimental therapies for
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Signaling cascade that repairs damaged nerve cells characterized
Through a study of roundworm nerve cells with severed axons, researchers at Nagoya University showed that a signaling cascade that
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Researchers discover nerve repair mechanism
The research group of the Physiology Department of Elche’s Universidad Miguel Hernández (UMH), Hugo Cabedo, has discovered how peripheral nerves
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Snorers suffer from nerve and muscle damage in the palate
People who snore may have extensive tissue damage in the nerves and muscles of the soft palate. This can, in
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