Sensory-selective nerve blockade is highly useful for pain management in clinical practice, but developing such blockers remains challenging. A major handicap is the lack of objective in vivo animal ...

Nerve damage generally happens slowly, says Isha Gupta, M.D., neurologist. So you might be able to catch it and prevent it ...

Your brain has 12 cranial nerves that are involved with your sensory, motor, and autonomic functions. They’re located inside of your skull on the underside of the brain.

The functions of the cranial nerves are sensory, motor, or both. Sensory cranial nerves help a person see, smell, and hear. Motor cranial nerves help control muscle movements in the head and neck.

These sensory and motor nerve roots unite to create the 31 spinal nerves, each named for the individual vertebra from which it exits. The spinal nerves further divide into anterior and posterior rami.

Constant Cross-talk Between Motor And Sensory Nerves Keeps Growth Coordinated Date: April 15, 2008 Source: Salk Institute Summary: Come summer, we will once again marvel at the amazing athletic ...

It can transmit both sensory and motor information to the brain. The trigeminal nerve branches out to different parts of the face to communicate sensory information like temperature, touch, and pain.

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 ...

No response was obtained after stimulation of 3 median sensory nerves, 6 ulnar sensory nerves, and 4 lower-extremity motor nerves. These nerves were not included in the study since no meaningful ...

Peripheral nerve impairments in older adults were tied to a higher risk of subsequent dementia, a study of longitudinal data showed. Combined sensory and motor impairments in the lower leg doubled ...