Gluten neuropathy refers to damage that can occur to peripheral nerves in people with gluten sensitivity. Peripheral nerves are the nerves that travel from the spine and the brain to the other areas ...

Vagus Nerve Stimulation therapy is a treatment for epilepsy that involves a stimulator (or 'pulse generator') which is connected, inside the body, to the left vagus nerve in the neck. The stimulator ...

Medically reviewed by Smita Patel, DO It can be tricky to pinpoint the cause of pain at the base of your skull, the area behind your ears where your head and neck meet. Understanding the cause of the ...

The trigeminal “nerve” is actually a pair of nerves: one extends along the left side of the face, and one runs along the right side. Each of those nerves has three branches, which is why it ...

Pain in the right shoulder and arm can occur due to injury ... Your brachial plexus is a group of nerves that control movements in your arm and hand. This function can be affected when these ...

Meeting the fiscal rules would be an easy exercise, not a nerve-shredding one ... and remain calm in the face of a blathering and incontinent right-wing press. Anyone who really cares about ...

Nerve pain refers to painful sensations around the nerves. Various treatment options are available, including anticonvulsants, certain antidepressants, mild opioids, and some topical treatments ...

In this study, we investigated the transcriptomic profiles of two commonly affected brain regions with coincident AD pathology—frontal subcortical white matter (frontal-WM) and occipital subcortical ...

Scientists have developed a new approach to alleviate symptoms of severe depression by targeting a specific nerve. The study, published in the journal Brain Stimulation states that stimulation of ...