Sarah E. Starks, Jane A. Hoppin, Freya Kamel, Charles F. Lynch, Michael P. Jones, Michael C. Alavanja, Dale P. Sandler and Fred Gerr Background: Evidence is limited that long-term human exposure to ...

The nervous system has two major parts: the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS). The central system is the primary command center for the body, and is comprised of the ...

Your brain gets all the glory while your other nervous system, the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) toils away in thankless obscurity. What’s the PNS? Oh, merely the neurons that live outside of your ...

Scientists have discovered microglia actually squeeze through the spinal boundary, crossing into the peripheral nervous system in response to injury. Inside the body, disease and injury can leave ...

A recent study aimed to explore how the peripheral nervous system (PNS) is affected in people with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Of the more than 1,800 people followed in the study, nearly 8% ...

Your peripheral nervous system (PNS) is crucial to navigating daily life. It lets you walk, controls your eye movements, and rings your brain’s alarms when you step on a Lego brick. Yet researchers ...

Injured axons instruct Schwann cells to build specialized actin spheres to break down and remove axon fragments, thereby starting the regeneration process. Damaged peripheral nerves can regenerate ...

The sea lamprey looks like it’s from another planet, but this ancient creature has a surprising amount in common with humans ...

DUBOIS-  If you have diabetes, kidney disease or a hormone imbalance, you may also have peripheral neuropathy. Millions of ...

Neurologists are doctors who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of various disorders of the brain, spinal cord, and nervous system as a whole. The human nervous system consists of the central ...