Small artical on Neuropathy, interesting

. Neuropathy Association Anyone whose hand or foot has “fallen asleep” has an idea of the numbness and tingling often experienced by people with peripheral nerve damage. Neuropathy can also present with a range of other symptoms (unrelenting pain, stinging, burning, itching, sensitivity to touch...). While much research has focused on the breakdown of cellular energy factories in nerve cells as a contributing factor to neuropathy, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis recently published in the journal "Neuron" on a more central role in damage to energy factories in other cells: Schwann cells, which grow alongside neurons and enable nerve signals to travel from the spinal cord to the tips of the fingers and toes. This finding may lead to new therapeutic strategies for people battling neuropathy...: http://bit.ly/ZgDYFN New clues to causes of peripheral nerve damage | Newsroom | Washington University in St. Lo news.wustl.edu New research suggests that damage to cellular energy factories in Schwann cells, which support neurons, may play a