The most accessible sensory nerve for biopsy is the sural nerve located behind the ankle. The procedure involves injection of a local anesthetic in the area to be biopsied. An incision about two ...

Two patients had altered sensation in the distribution of the sural nerve which settled spontaneously within 3 months. Conclusion: The Achillon suture system appears to allow a safe early active ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The vagus nerve is part of our relaxation system, and can modulate inflammation Scientists now hope to tap it and use it to treat ...

Acupuncture is an alternative therapy that may help relieve nerve pain, numbness ... the study compared to the waiting phase and improved sural serve sensory responses, which doctors used to ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. It is late at night. You are alone and wandering empty streets in search of your parked car when you hear footsteps creeping up from ...

The trigeminal nerves are among these pairs, and they let you feel sensations in your face. One nerve runs down each side of your head. Each trigeminal nerve splits into three branches ...

A bundle of neurones is called a nerve. There are three main types of neurone: sensory, motor and relay. They have some features in common: A long fibre (axon) which is insulated by a fatty ...

Sural sensory amplitude was reduced in 52% of patients with conduction-velocity reduced in 57% of patients. F-wave latency from the median nerve was prolonged in 57% of patients. Only two patients ...

Contemporary Polish designers create jewellery which is pretty, but neither popular nor typical. They involve unusual materials – non-staining coal, light concrete and scraps. They experiment with new ...

Czech international striker Josef Sural has been killed after a bus carrying several of Turkish club Aytemiz Alanyaspor's players crashed. Sural, 28, died at the hospital where he and six of his ...

The Tony and Grammy Award-winning actor suffered from a rare form of cancer known as metastatic melanotic peripheral nerve ...