The function of the abducens nerve is to move your lateral rectus muscle. This lets your eye rotate away from the center of your body and look to the left or right. Sometimes called the abducent nerve ...

Some of them provide both sensory and motor function and are thus called mixed nerves. In your head, you have 12 symmetrical pairs of cranial nerves. Each one has a right and left side, but they’re ...

Scientists traced connectivity between neurons to identify how the brain communicates with the spinal cord to control motor function. Signals relayed to motor neurons from the brain enable muscle ...

Several international studies in animal models have shown that this Nogo-A protein inhibits the regeneration of damaged nerve fibres ... injury The recovery of motor functions in the hand-arm ...

Waking up with a numb hand can be an unsettling experience. The sensation of pins and needles or complete numbness often ...

Patients who are awake and alert can accurately describe the pain and loss of function that is commonly ... because the ulnar nerve is less dramatically affected than the median nerve.

Resistance band exercises for ankle eversion are great for isolating and strengthening the peroneal muscles, which are important for nerve function. Anchor one end of the band and loop the other ...

Objectives: Rupture of the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) is a frequent injury of the hand. When untreated, this injury may lead to decreased pinch strength, pain, instability, and osteoarthritis.

The results were reported today in Neurone "We have known for decades that the motor system is a distributed network, but the ultimate output is through the spinal cord," said corresponding author ...

The primary endpoint was the change from baseline in Hammersmith Functional Motor Scale – Expanded (HFMSE) total score. Findings showed the primary endpoint was met, with an increase from ...

Tennessee [US], December 25 (ANI): Muscle movement is enabled by signals conveyed from the brain to motor neurones; however, these impulses often transit through spinal interneurons before reaching ...