The most accessible sensory nerve for biopsy is the sural nerve located behind the ankle. The procedure involves injection of a local anesthetic in the area to be biopsied. An incision about two ...

Acupuncture is an alternative therapy that may help relieve nerve pain, numbness ... the study compared to the waiting phase and improved sural serve sensory responses, which doctors used to ...

Vietnam-era veterans exposed to nerve agents and hallucinogenic drugs ... “I never knew what I was given in those tests,” said Frank Rochelle, 76, of North Carolina, a former Army corporal ...

Sural sensory amplitude was reduced in 52% of patients with conduction-velocity reduced in 57% of patients. F-wave latency from the median nerve was prolonged in 57% of patients. Only two patients ...

Blood tests revealed normal full blood count ... an absent left superficial peroneal sensory potential. The left sural sensory potential was at the lower limit of normal. There were absent ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. It is late at night. You are alone and wandering empty streets in search of your parked car when you hear footsteps creeping up from ...

Applying electrical stimulation to a major nerve that runs from the brain to the body might help to promote clotting.

Since the passing of Professor Emeritus Alan Mackay-Sim AM in 2023, his ground-breaking legacy research is about to be ...

People with tinnitus experience persistent ringing or buzzing in their ears that can significantly impact their quality of life — and now, scientists think they finally know what causes the ...

The unique regeneration capacity of nerve cells has been the focus of spinal injury research for decades, but a new method ...

I stopped to pick up a pregnancy test. At the checkout, the cashier congratulated me. I was honest, telling her that I was hoping it was negative as I didn’t want to have a third C-section at ...