Humans and other animal species can experience many types of pain throughout the course of their lives, varying in intensity, ...

Pain is a complex physiological and psychological phenomenon that is subjective in nature. Pain is still one of the most ...

The condition typically occurs from a herniated disc or when bone overgrowth puts pressure on the nerve roots in the lumbar spine. Dr Berg says: "The sciatic nerve is the longest and largest nerve ...

State Key Laboratory of Oral & Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Regeneration, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Shaanxi Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Department of ...

Results: A detailed finite element model of the whole cervical spine including spinal nerve roots was established, and the validity of this 3D finite element model was verified. During the stepwise ...

Muscles are activated by nerve cells called motor neurons found in the spinal cord. The connections between the motor neurons and muscles are established in the developing embryo. Each motor neuron ...

Here, Chiu et al. used a technique called flow cytometry using different fluorescent markers to isolate a group of cells called Dorsal Root Ganglion (DRG) neurons in mice. These neurons have long ...