C2), or the midcervical vertebrae (C3, C4, and C5) affects the respiratory muscles and the ability to breathe. A lower injury, in the lumbar vertebrae, may affect nerve and muscle control to the ...

Three-to-four months after intraspinal (C4) injection of AAV driving Cre-dependent hM3D(Gq) expression, intravenous J60 resulted in a sustained (>30 min) increase in VT. Subsequently, phrenic nerve ...

The vagus nerve is essential to many bodily processes, including digestion and a steady heart rate. Stimulating it could help prevent or stop chronic inflammation, which is linked to disease.

A specific group of nerve cells in the brain stem appears to control how semaglutide affects appetite and weight -- without causing nausea. A specific group of nerve cells in the brain stem ...

My kid was mountain biking on a hill near his home in Arkansas and realized he’d lost his cellphone out of his pocket somewhere along the trail. Without his phone, he was incommunicado, but another ...

The 65-inch LG C4 is a brilliant TV. In fact, it's one of the best OLED TVs available at the moment. And now, it's brilliantly affordable, too. Thanks to the arrival of the newer LG C5, retailers are ...

A man was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and given just two years to live after he started experiencing one "bizarre" symptom he assumed was a pinched nerve. Andres ...

However, despite a chiropractor suggesting it was just a trapped nerve, the persistent weakness in Andres' arm prompted a visit to a neurologist. After undergoing three electromyography tests to ...

One component of the central pain mechanisms is the vagus nerve, Aoyagi said. The nerve plays an important role in the parasympathetic nervous system, which controls the body's rest and digest ...