I was born with nerve endings on the outside of my skin. But I was born into a world where most successful people seem to have nerves internally or not at all. My mother had Dr. Spock; all I had were ...

As winter arrives, the stark shift to dry air and central heating presents a challenge for those with eczema and psoriasis.

Rensselaer, NY - (May 20, 2019) A study published today in PLOS ONE discovered the origin of severely disfiguring masses of cells, called neurofibromas, that gradually develop throughout the skin of ...

Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have found physical evidence of a previously unknown communication between nerves on opposite sides of the body. In the May 2004 issue of Annals ...

Like treetops reaching high into the sky to sense the sunlight, our sensory neurons—whose role is to collect information about what is happening in and around the body—grow long, intricate extensions ...