As a result, dermatomes begin with spinal nerve C2. Dermatomes have a segmented ... relay information from other parts of the body to the central nervous system. As such, each dermatome transmits ...

Damage to a nerve root can trigger symptoms in the nerve’s corresponding dermatome. Below, we show the locations of the dermatomes throughout the body. We also describe health conditions that ...

Dear Doctors: I keep reading about how the vagus nerve has a lot to do with things ... heart rate and immune response, and it is central to the complex network of connections known as the gut ...

Evidence-based recommendations on phrenic nerve pacing for congenital central hypoventilation syndrome. This involves direct stimulation of the phrenic nerve, to produce the inhalation phrase of ...