Peripheral neuropathies are a group of diseases that cause acute and/or chronic impairment or damage to the nerves belonging to the peripheral nervous system, such as motor nerves or sensory nerves.

Most scientists accept that it involves activation and sensitization of the trigeminovascular system, which includes the sensory peripheral projections to the pain-producing dura mater ...

The visual system is the part of the central nervous system that is required for visual perception – receiving, processing and interpreting visual information to build a representation of the ...

Neuropathic pain, defined as pain caused by a lesion or disease of the somatosensory nervous system, does not act as a signal to warn the body of damage as acute pain does, and thus it does not have a ...

After an MRI, CT scan, and a genetic test, Victoria was diagnosed with Krabbe disease, a rare disorder that affects the central and peripheral nervous systems. Though there is a treatment ...

Meet the transplant team: surgeons, physicians, nurses, administrators and staff. Every 10 minutes, another name is added to the national organ transplant waiting list. Each day, 21 people die from ...