The vagus nerve is getting a lot of attention online these days. As just one of 12 paired cranial nerves, you may wonder what’s so special about it. But if you’ve seen people on social media sharing ...

The obturator nerve is a large, multibranched nerve that travels through your pelvis to your inner thigh. This nerve helps you feel sensations like temperature and pain in your lower limbs. It also ...

Combining brain stimulation with intense physical rehabilitation helped stroke survivors recover movement in their arms and hands and maintain these improvements for one year, according to a study to ...

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is an immune-mediated condition where inflammation damages the myelin sheath around peripheral nerves. Symptoms often develop slowly over at ...

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have developed a topical drug that regenerates and restores the function of erectile nerves damaged by radical prostatectomy, the most common ...

Peripheral nerve injuries, often caused by traumatic events such as car accidents, falls or battlefield injuries, can leave patients with long-term weakness, numbness or loss of function. Despite ...

The hypoglossal nerve is one of the 12 cranial nerves arising from the brain. It's a paired nerve, and you have two — left and right. Together, the two hypoglossal ...