Elliot Krane: How Do Nerves Work?
- Published30 Apr 2014
- Reviewed30 Apr 2014
- Author Elliot Krane
- Source TED
At any moment, there is an electrical storm coursing through your body. Discover how chemical reactions create an electric current that drives our responses to everything from hot pans to a mother’s caress.
About the Author
It's an awful problem to contemplate: How do you help a young child in pain? As director of Pain Management Services at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, Elliot Krane works on solving this problem, studying and treating kids who are undergoing surgeries, suffering from complications of diabetes—and kids suffering "neuropathic pain" resulting from injury to the nervous system itself.
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