Device that mimics sense of touch could allow ‘people to hold hands virtually’ - The technology developed by UCL was ...

Reach out and touch someone — literally. A breakthrough medical device able to simulate the “natural,” “real-life” sensation ...

A soft fingertip device that can mimic human touch could one day allow people living thousands of miles away to hold hands, according ...

The trigeminal nerve has both a sensory and motor function, and is divided into three branches that are responsible for carrying signals relating to touch, pain and temperature. Each branch serves the ...

Like a highway system, the vagus nerve branches profusely from your brain through your organs to marshal bodily functions, including aspects of mind such as mood, pleasure and fear. It is late at ...

Image: iStock The vagus nerve is a major nerve of the parasympathetic ... Start to use your sense of touch to pay attention to what’s around you, be it the chair that you’re sitting in ...

My hands shook as I texted my husband. I felt unmoored in my body, as if I’d awoken in a different house than the one where I ...

The device, called the BAMH (innovative bioinspired haptic system), stimulates nerve cells which respond to touch using vibrations. The device stimulates four key sensory nerve cells in the skin ...

Sciatica results from the irritation or compression of the sciatic nerve, which runs from the lower back to the toes. Certain stretches and exercises may help relieve the pain and discomfort it ...

Alcoholic neuropathy is a condition in which drinking too much alcohol causes damage to nerve tissue ... feeling pain and touch moving your arms and legs controlling your bladder and bowel ...

Autonomic neuropathy is nerve damage that affects your automatic body functions — the things your body does whether you think about them or not. When you have this kind of damage, which can be ...