The concern with the cervical herniated disk and the popular whiplash injury as a source of pain in the upper extremity may exclude consideration of a more distal origin of such pain. It is the ...

Surrounding the individual axons is the collagenous tissue layer known as the endoneurium. This layer resists longitudinal stress and contributes to the formation of the endoneurial tube. The fascicle ...

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy is an immune-mediated neuropathy that affects the peripheral motor and sensory nerves. The symptoms are of a slowly progressive numbness and tingling ...

Peripheral neuropathy occurs when your peripheral nerves don’t work properly because they’re damaged or destroyed. They might send pain signals for no reason, or not send a signal when you’re ...

Because many physicians are unaware of nerve transfer surgery, some patients suffer long-term impairment from nerve injuries that could have been fixed. A study in the August issue of the Journal of ...

Peripheral nerves are important structures in the body that carry information from the brain and spinal cord out to the muscles to initiate movements and carry sensory information back from the ...

CHESTERBROOK, Pa. — Neuraptive Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on developing novel therapies to improve outcomes in peripheral nerve injuries (PNI), today announced the first ...

The majority of peripheral nerve injuries are best treated by a thoughtful surgical reconstruction. However, nonoperative treatment is indicated in several circumstances. The first of these is injury ...