I've been curious about how many nerves there are and how nerves are damaged and how they heal.

Does anyone know of references about the number of nerves there are in any given quadrant/sector of a human? Most papers I read and occasionally cite make the ASSUMPTION that WE all know. That and med advertisers for restless leg syndrome.

In a new search for info, I came across this article about nerve regeneration. I pity the rats used, but find the way nerves start to grow after a deliberate injury, amazing. I guess that things are healing as they are still being injured in some of our cases, and, is why the hurt continues? - j

http://jcs.biologists.org/cgi/content/full/117/20/4681