Sentence examples for nerve provokes from inspiring English sources

Direct stimulation of the C1 spinal nerve provokes peri-orbital pain in migraine patients.

Blair clearly touched a nerve, provoking a defiant riposte from the first lady.

Damage to peripheral nerves provokes chronic neuropathic pain that lasts beyond the duration of the nerve injury.

However, vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), a neurotransmitter of cerebral parasympathetic perivascular nerve fibres, provokes marked cephalic vasodilatation but not migraine, providing further evidence against a purely vascular origin of migraine [62].

It keeps us from sleeping, because the weeping wounds stick to the sheets while exposed nerves are provoked by even a slight breeze.

Traumatic injury to a peripheral nerve not only provokes a localised response at the wound site but also triggers changes centrally within the spinal cord and brain and peripherally at the target organ.

Carr's article touched a nerve and has provoked a lively, ongoing debate on the net and in print (he has now expanded it into a book, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains).

The new hypothesis being tested in this manuscript is that increased levels of VEGF observed during bladder inflammation provoke nerve plasticity.

3. Neurodynamic signs, detected through historical factors associated with radiculopathy and neurodynamic tests designed to provoke nerve root pain [ 31- 34]. 4. Myofascial signs, detected through palpation of myofascial tissues [ 35].

The variety and scope nourish every soul, widen every eye, tap every foot, and stretch smiles on every face, and provoke every nerve.

Mobilisation will first be done in a position where the nerve is relaxed, not provoking any of the patient's symptoms.