This is because each spinal nerve root—one on each side of the body—services a specific area of skin called a dermatome. When a shingles outbreak occurs, only that dermatome on that side of the body ...

This implies that the metamere of the spinal cord and the 31 pairs of spinal nerves, which innervate striated muscles (myotomes) and skin (dermatomes), must be arranged as follows: seven cervical, 12 ...

A shingles rash develops along a dermatome (an area of skin supplied by nerves from a single spinal root), which is why it usually appears as a stripe or band across the skin. This rash has a distinct ...

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have discovered clues as to how our bodies turn sensations such as ...

Neurons in the posterior (dorsal) section of the spinal cord develop into the sensory spinal nerve roots and ganglion. The sensory nerve cell body resides in the ganglion. The anterior (ventral ...

Researchers have recreated the human ascending sensory pathway in a lab dish, using organoids that model the key brain and ...

Background Clinical examination of patients with chronic lumbar radiculopathy aims to clarify whether there is nerve root impingement ... motor muscle strength, dermatome sensory loss, and ...

For example, if a person has a pinched nerve due to spinal degeneration, they may need more intensive treatments to address the damage. The technique a chiropractor uses could also influence the ...

I was being bed-bathed when a cheerful young doctor popped up to ask if he may insert his finger in my rectum (part of a test to rate my spinal nerve damage); the ‘chef’s kiss’ to my ...

Shingles can cause intercostal neuralgia by leading to inflammation in the spinal nerve roots. Pregnant people can sometimes develop intercostal neuralgia. This is because pregnancy involves ...