MANHASSET, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The vagus nerve runs from the human brainstem to major peripheral organs and acts as the main conduit for the body’s inflammatory immune response to disease, bacteria ...

For people living with chronic inflammatory diseases, the immune system can feel like a switch that is stuck in the ‘on’ ...

A neuroskeletal-muscular examination is done to evaluate neck pain. As with all physical examinations, it begins with inspection and palpation. A cursory examination is performed to identify ...

Small fiber neuropathy (SFN) is a form of neuropathy which primarily affects the small nerve fibers of the peripheral nervous system. Small nerve fibers are responsible for carrying pain and ...

Researchers have developed an artificial nervous system that could give prosthetic limbs or robots reflexes and the ability to sense touch. Stanford and Seoul National University researchers have ...

What is the acoustic reflex? When a loud sound stimulus is presented to the ear, there is a reflexive contraction of the minute muscles that are connected to the ossicles in the Middle Ear. When these ...

A Nerve Conduction Study (NCS) conducted at Alpha Brain Study Centre revealed acute nerve damage. The test showed reduced muscle response in both legs, absence of sensory nerve signals, and missing ...

Caloric stimulation is a procedure used to find damage to nerves in the ear. Although people commonly associate the term calorie with food, a calorie is fundamentally a unit of heat. During caloric ...