A friend asked for a column on shingles. Shingles is a reactivation of the varicella zoster virus that causes chickenpox, and ...

A dermatome is an area of skin that gets its sensation from a specific spinal nerve root ... nerve fibers between vertebrae called the dorsal root ganglion. When this virus becomes active later ...

For patients with more severe or persistent pain, we offer advanced treatments such as high-frequency spinal cord stimulation and dorsal root ganglion stimulation. The types of treatments and related ...

The researchers discovered proteasomes on the surface of neurons in the spinal cord, dorsal root ganglia, sciatic nerve, and peripheral nerves innervating the skin using mouse antibodies that ...