Importantly, the micro-lesions were only located around structures in the skin where the nerve fibers normally terminate, such as hair follicles, sweat glands and blood vessels.

Researchers have used new imaging techniques to explore the function and structures of the neuro-cutaneous unit – the connection between the nervous system and the skin.

Using a flurry of fluorescent antibodies to search for such a protein, they found that connexin 43, a protein that normally participates in communication between skin cells, decorated the nerve fibers ...

The skin is our gateway to the physical world. Below its surface are oodles of nerve fibers relaying different types of messages to the brain. At the ends of the fingertips, for example, fat and ...

In their research, Peters and their colleagues examined the two dorsal nerves of the clitoris, which are dense bundles of nerve fibers that relay sensory signals from the clitoris to the brain ...