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The giant nerve fibers of this common invertebrate are as much as a millimeter in diameter. Their large size has made possible important investigations into the physiology of nerve impulses By ...

OUR knowledge of impulse patterns in the different types of afferent nerve fibres is based chiefly on animal experiments. It is true that Hensel and Boman 1 recorded action potentials from single ...

In a 2018 study, psychologists from Germany and Denmark mapped this driving force behind all our darkest impulses and gave it a name. Meet D, the newly identified Dark Factor of Personality. The ...

SARA DUTERTE’S impeachment trial looms large, but in the chess game of Philippine politics, resignation may be her best move to avoid checkmate. While she insists she’s staying put, history and ...

The observation that drugs could mimic the effects of nerve stimulation was ... did not believe that chemical transmission was rapid enough to account for impulse transmission in the brain.

Guillain-Barré Syndrome occurs when the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks nerve cells, disrupting communication between ...

Journave, the first non-addictive opioid-like pain medication, was developed based on Yale research from the ’90s.

In his regular column, Dr James Le Fanu answers your questions. This week, a reader is concerned by a neighbour who is ...

Botulism is very unusual, with generally only about one case reported annually in Australia. However it’s very serious. It’s commonly referred to as a nerve-paralysing illness. Symptoms can develop ...

You may relieve diabetic nerve pain with medications and some forms of exercise. Managing diabetes helps with long-term relief and slows down the progression of nerve damage. Diabetes may cause ...

Facial nerve paralysis describes weakness in the muscles on one or both sides of your face that causes an inability to smile, blink, or control other facial movements. It happens when the facial nerve ...