This system includes your brain, spinal cord, and nerves. Your parasympathetic nervous system (PSNS) is one part of your nervous system, and it helps calm your body down. When you're on edge ...

A severe brachial plexus injury, avulsions occur when the nerve root is separated from the spinal cord. Avulsions are less common, making up about 10-20% of brachial plexus injury cases, according to ...

The brachial plexus is a network of nerves that begins at the base of the neck, passes through the armpit (axilla), and extends into the arm. It originates from five spinal "roots"—C5, C6, C7, C8, and ...

It may be significant that the maximum concentration of anesthetic in the subarachnoid space came in contact with the lumbar nerve roots on the previously affected right side. We have reason to ...

Shooting leg pain or peripheral numbness and tingling may occur when anterior slippage of a lumbar vertebra occurs, called spondylolistheses, most commonly due to degenerative changes. This, in turn, ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a disorder affecting the motor neurons—nerve cells that control voluntary muscle movement. These cells are located in the spinal cord. Because the muscles cannot ...

Nerve Restore aims to address the root causes of nerve damage, a critical aspect that many treatments overlook. From my research and interest in holistic health approaches, I’ve learned that ...

No conflict of interest disclosed. Cite this: Part 1. Injuries to the Brachial Plexus: Mechanisms of Injury and Identification of Risk Factors - Medscape - Aug 01, 2005.

The long, thin axons relay information from their origin in the cell body of the ventral horn, dorsal root, or autonomic ganglia to a peripheral target cell, gland, or muscle. Each nerve is a ...