Vesalius' successors, Gabrielle Fallopia (1523 1563)15 and Volcher Coiter (1534 c.1600),16 not only questioned the existence of nerve channels but from observation began to speak of the composition of nerves in terms of 'fibres' (Figure 8).
Van Leeuwenhoek could not find Galen's optic nerve channels but, knowing that there had to be communication between the eye and the brain, proposed that vision set 'globuls' in motion in the optic nerve.
One woman who on Saturday received a "nerve assist," in which fingers are run over the body in a way that Scientologists believe unblocks nerve channels and restores energy flow, said she was asked whether she would like a "little Dianetics session".
In recent years, researchers have discovered a specialized class of afferent nerve channels that seem to be responsible for the experience of pleasantness (Löken et al. 2009; McGlone et al. 2012).
At the physiological level, the afferent nerve channels that carry information about thermal properties are very similar to those that code for pain and itch, and they also differ significantly from those involved in the coding of pressure, shape, and vibration (for some empirical background, see Lumpkin and Caterina (2007); for important recent caveats, see Saal and Bensmaia (2014)).
Rejecting the distinctions made by Galen between various abstract faculties, Campanella states that the spiritus is singular and has its seat in the brain, from where, flowing through very subtle nerve channels, it accomplishes its multiple functions, both vital and cognitive.
The wind-blades sever all nerve channels in the body, leaving the target unable to move after being struck.
A device called a neurostimulator is implanted into the body to block nerve channels so that pain impulses will not reach the brain, thereby preventing pain from being felt.
Given that the patency of the nerve guidance channel is critical for repair, we investigated a series of nerve guidance channel designs where patency and the resulting regenerative capacity were compared in a transected rat sciatic nerve injury model.
