Demyelination refers to damage to the myelin around nerves. Myelin coats many nerves in the body, but it can become damaged due to inflammation from viral infections, autoimmune diseases ...

Myelinated neurons transmit electrical signals more quickly than the unmyelinated nerves in the body. Myelinated axons are present in sensory neurons and motor neurons, but not all sensory and motor ...

It has two parts – the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS). The CNS includes the brain and spinal cord, and the PNS is made up of all the body’s remaining nerves. The ...

Call the Midwife is back on BBC One with Sister Catherine making her debut as she joins Nonnatus House for her midwifery training. The character is played by Molly Vevers and in her first episode ...

The nervous system consists of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous system (motor nerves, sensory nerves, cranial and spinal nerves, autonomic ganglia ...

The nervous system is the body’s direct communication system. It’s made up of the body’s many nerve cells. These cells work together in a network that sends and receives signals from one ...

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 ...

While the central nervous system is comprised of the brain and spinal cord, the peripheral nervous system is made up of all nerves branching off the spinal cord, extending to every part of the body.

These branches divide after crossing the facial and vestibulocochlear nerves (29). Gillilan (28) showed that the inferior cerebellar arteries emerge symmetrically from the basilar artery at the level ...

If you have seizures which can’t be controlled with epilepsy medicines, and you are not able to have epilepsy brain surgery, then vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy may be an option for you. The ...