Based on these findings, they tried targeting the tumor through the nerve cells. Nanoparticles containing an anesthetic are injected into the bloodstream. Once they reach the tumor, they accumulate ...

Local anesthetics, such as Novocain, block nerve transmission to pain centers in the central nervous system by binding to and inhibiting the function of an ion channel in the cell membrane of ...

Lidocaine is a commonly used local anesthetic that works by blocking signals at the nerve endings in the skin ... high concentrations in various cancer cells, particularly those in the mouth ...

General anesthesia works by interrupting nerve signals in your brain and body. It prevents your brain from processing pain and from remembering what happened during your surgery. Before your ...

CADM1 expressed on the nerve cell, when bound by high affinity antibody ... than the duration of 5 to 8 hours reported for the local anesthetic levobupivacaine. Further investigations involved ...

It acts on nerve cells in your skin that are involved in ... a process that's already a problem if you have diabetes. Lidocaine is an anesthetic that numbs the area it's applied to.

This decreases neuropathic pain by reducing nerve inflammation. Regional anesthesia involves injecting local anesthetics near nerves to block pain signals to the brain. This method allows patients ...

This decreases neuropathic pain by reducing nerve inflammation. Regional anesthesia involves injecting local anesthetics near nerves to block pain signals to the brain. This method allows patients ...

Applying red-light therapy to a damaged spinal cord protects and regenerates nerve cells, leading to a return of motor and sensory function, according to new research.

No less than 16 different types of nerve cells have been identified by scientists in a new study on the human sense of touch.

The concentration of local anesthetic needed to block nerves from sending messages, or firing, varies from nerve to nerve ... in the membranes of their brain cells. This releases proteins that ...