Come summer, we will once again marvel at the amazing athletic skills of Olympic athletes while in fact, the simple act of walking is no less remarkable. Just to prevent us from toppling over, the ...

Scientists have developed a first-of-its-kind, 3-D printed guide that helps regrow both the sensory and motor functions of complex nerves after injury. The groundbreaking research has the potential to ...

In February 1964 Roberto Gilbert Elizalde, a Mayo Clinic–trained surgeon in Guayaquil, Ecuador, found the ideal candidate for a radical procedure being developed in his laboratory. Julio Luna was a 28 ...

Interpretation of clinical findings of BPI in newborns depends on knowledge of peripheral nervous system (PNS) structures and physiology. All nervous system structures originate from the embryonic ...

Even the mundane act of swallowing requires a well-coordinated dance of more than 30 muscles of the mouth. The loss of function of even one of these, due to disease or injury, can be extremely ...

The concern with the cervical herniated disk and the popular whiplash injury as a source of pain in the upper extremity may exclude consideration of a more distal origin of such pain. It is the ...

People who have had a limb amputated often experience phantom limb pain and neuromas (painful, scarred nerve endings). Targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR) surgery can help relieve the pain by ...

Feeling from your knee down is relayed to your brain by the tibial nerve. This nerve is also responsible for sending messages from your brain down to your lower leg. The tibial nerve stems from your ...

Diabetes, a chronic metabolic disorder affecting millions worldwide, can have a significant impact on various organs of the body. One of the most common complications associated with diabetes is ...