Sentence examples for nerve is sensitive from inspiring English sources
11 We suspect that the optic nerve is sensitive to MOG antibodies and that MOG antibodies cause demyelination by some immunological mechanisms, resulting in swelling and optic pain; steroid therapies might thus be effective.
50 years ago, researchers discovered that retinal ganglion cells, which transmit information from eye to brain via the optic nerve, are sensitive to the direction and speed of moving images, and have been trying explain how ever since.
Recent studies in our laboratory have revealed that a significant population of meningeal sensory nerves is sensitive to capsaicin and expresses the transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 (Treceptorceptor [9 11], a non-selective cation channel that serves as a molecular integrator of different noxious stimuli, such as heat, low pH and chemical irritants like capsaicin [12, 13].
Smoking or caffeine can cause a problem if the sympathetic nerves are sensitive.
To examine phenotype progression over time, we tracked alterations in the plantaris nerve, as this distal nerve is a sensitive indicator of nerve changes in mouse models of hereditary motor and sensory neuropathies (Frei et al., 1999; our unpublished observations).
The treatment will concentrate on areas where the nerve is mechano-sensitive to palpation and will be done from the hand or elbow (depending on patient's area of pain) and followed up along the arm, first rib, scalene and into the neck.
As a musician, Mr. Lawson is sensitive to sound, which is probably why the news emanating from his radiator grille tends to grate on his nerves.
Yet, several structures including the ossicles and the facial nerve are very sensitive to injury.
Additional recordings were made on a subset of tibial-lengthening patients using F-waves to monitor function of the tibial and common peroneal nerves to establish whether the common peroneal nerve was more sensitive to damage than the tibial nerve.
The subcallosal cingulate is particularly rich in nerve cells that are sensitive to serotonin.
