A tickly itch, a painful scratch, or the feeling of a refreshing breeze—the skin is teaming with nerve endings that drive these sensations. Scientists are getting into the epidermis to explore how ...
Other scientists have only recently identified hot and cold nerve cell receptors in the peripheral nervous system located just beneath the skin. This is the system that tells the brain to pull the ...
A nerve biopsy involves the process of removing a small length of a peripheral nerve for histologic examination under the microscope. Several nerves can be biopsied but the major requirement for ...