Listening to the "world's most relaxing song" before an operation could be just as good at calming patients' nerves as medication ... for the first time Music can heal, stimulate and soothe ...

Healing of a skin wound can be a long and complicated process, and it seems that the problem is made even worse if the cutaneous nerve supply is impaired. In conditions such as diabetic neuropathy ...

The researchers found that blocking this newly uncovered process inhibits nerve regeneration (photos available). The identification of the proteins containing the "healing message" and of the ...

Scientists show that Schwann cells take over functions of immune cells in nerve healing. Similar mechanisms could prevent nerve tumors from growing. Schwann cells are known to protect and repair ...

Schwann cells are known to protect and repair nerve cells. Until now, however, it was not known that they themselves take over functions of certain immune cells during nerve healing. For example ...

Nerve cells in the skin help wounds to heal. When an injury occurs, cells known as glial cells change into repair cells and disseminate into the wound, where they help the skin to regenerate ...