Sentences with phrase «along nerve endings»

It's believed that capsaicin short - circuits pain by depleting nerve cells of a chemical called substance P (which helps transmit pain signals along nerve endings to the brain).

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As Jesus slowly sags down with the weight of His body on the nails through His wrists, excruciating, fiery pain shoots along the most sensitive nerve endings in the body — called the median nerves — and travels along the fingers and up the arms to explode in the brain.

«The nerve fibres use the silk fibres to grow along in order to reconnect with the other end of the nerve.

Studies conducted by Hendry at the Australian National University and by K. Stockel and H. Thoenen at the Basel Institute for Immunology have demonstrated that NGF is taken up at the terminal nerve endings of the sympathetic fibers and transported back to the neuronal cell body along the axon.

Nerve endings along the dog's spine and toward the tail make the back a particularly sensitive area, but one where most dogs like to be touched.

Acupuncture points are located at specific points along these meridians and are areas that when examined microscopically are found to contain high concentrations of nerve endings and small blood vessels.

When P3 is removed, the surrounding ligaments, tendons, nerves, and joint capsule are taken out along with it — and this can end up causing major problems for the cat.

The pressure, along with chemicals released from cells in the injured tissues, irritates nerve endings in the area and causes pain.