Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD The peripheral nervous system (PNS) is the system of nerves and ganglia outside the brain and spinal cord.  The PNS consists of the peripheral nerves, ...

Neuropathy, simply defined, is damage to nerves that often results from either disease or trauma. It is a relatively common ...

The brain and spinal cord are your body’s central nervous system. The brain is the command center for your body, and the spinal cord is the pathway for messages sent by the brain to the body and from ...

Other scientists have only recently identified hot and cold nerve cell receptors in the peripheral nervous system located just beneath the skin. This is the system that tells the brain to pull the ...

The nervous system consists of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous system (motor nerves, sensory nerves, cranial and spinal nerves, autonomic ganglia ...

Pancreatic cancer is still among the most lethal cancers, with >45% of patients presenting distant metastasis at diagnosis, ...

Based on the examination, the problem can be traced to, for example, a specific area of the brain, the peripheral nervous system or part of the spine. Any necessary further investigations are then ...

Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. 33, No. 14 (Apr., 1898), pp. 225-268 (60 pages) ...

Studying spinal cord injuries requires a material that can transmit clear signals yet remain flexible for when patients move ...