POSTS TAGGED AS peripheral nervous system

How Peripheral Nerves Regenerate

Repair of neurons
Injury to the nerves of the arms and leg—i.e. the peripheral nervous system—regenerate in a complicated process of [MORE]

Bioelectronic Medicine, A Beginning

Biodegradable device for nerve regeneration
A recent Nature Medicine article, titled “Wireless bioresorbable electronic system enables sustained nonpharmacological neuroregenerative therapy,” describes [MORE]

Induced Schwann Cells for Peripheral Nerve Repair

Schwann Cells
The first bacterium shown to cause a human disease was Mycobacterium leprae—the pathogen that invades the Schwann cells which [MORE]

Transforming Blood Cells into Neurons

Neuron in Tissue Culture
According to this piece, neuroscientists at McMaster University (Hamilton, Ont.) assert: “We can actually take a patient’s [MORE]

Schwann Cell Transplant for Treating Paralysis

The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, involving three medical centers in Miami, FL, aims to transplant Schwann cells [MORE]