The cochlear nerve, also known as the acoustic or auditory nerve, is the cranial nerve responsible for hearing. It travels ...

The longest nerve in the body, it wends its way from the brain throughout the head and trunk, issuing commands to our organs ...

The medical terminology for a pinched nerve, or what is commonly referred ... The condition affects primarily the upper trunk of the brachial plexus, which is part of the nerves that extend ...

No less than 16 different types of nerve cells have been identified by scientists in a new study on the human sense of touch. Comparisons between humans, mice and macaques show both similarities ...

By 1922 their cathode ray records had shown an unexpected complexity in the 'action potential' of a nerve trunk, and soon after they were able to prove that this was due to different groups of ...