Overview
Peripheral nerves are the bundles of nerve fibers that lie outside the brain and spinal cord and connect the central nervous system to the muscles, skin, organs, and limbs. They carry motor signals that drive movement, sensory signals conveying touch, temperature, and pain, and autonomic signals that regulate involuntary functions, and they are organized into fascicles wrapped by connective-tissue layers that protect and support the axons. Because of their length and distribution, peripheral nerves are vulnerable to injury and disease, including traumatic damage, compression, metabolic and infectious neuropathies, inflammatory and granulomatous disorders, and tumors of nerve sheaths. Their capacity for regeneration after injury, and the factors that promote or impede it, is central to tissue repair in the peripheral nervous system. Research relevant to this area examines peripheral neuropathy associated with HIV infection and antiretroviral therapy, soft-tissue tumors of nerve such as perineurioma, and the diagnostic challenges of neurosarcoidosis affecting nerves. Related work considers the healing of neuropathy associated with chronic wounds such as diabetic foot ulcers, and persistent pain syndromes involving nerve injury. Across these strands the topic spans the structure and function of peripheral nerves, the disorders that affect them, and the processes of nerve repair and regeneration. The field integrates neurology, pathology, and regenerative medicine to understand and address peripheral nerve injury and disease.
Research published in this journal
7 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
The Neoplastic Whorls-Soft Tissue Perineurioma
Challenges in Diagnosis of Neurosarcoidosis
Diabetic Foot and Leg Ulcer & Peri-wound Neuropathy Healing Feasibility Studies
Chronic Pain One to Five Years after Lung Transplantation
Position Paper: Overview of Workplace Bullying in Higher Educational Organizations
Refractory Anaemia with Hyperoxalurea
How this research is being cited
The 7 articles above have been cited 14 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.
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2026 · Journal of Surgical Research
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2024 · Clinical Transplantation
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M. Dalvindt et al. · 2024 · Clinical Transplantation
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2023 · Medicine theory and practice
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2020 · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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2020 · Nursing Open
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2020 · Nursing Open
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2020 · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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