Eumelanin is brown or black color pigment and protects the skin from absorbing the harmful UV rays. People with darker skin tones have more of Eumelanin.This is the reason melanin pigments are called as photo-protectants which means a substance that can provide protection from the harmful sun rays.
Medial branch block is a relatively simple diagnostic procedure that Dr. Franiak may recommend. The facet. joints are the little joints along the spine where two vertebrae meet. If there is arthritis or degeneration along those. joints, the doctor may be suspicious that some or all of your pain is coming from those joints.
Lesions affecting cranial nerve projec-. tions distant from the central nervous. system (called peripheral cranial nerve. lesions) are relatively uncommon. Neurologic examination represents a. readily available, albeit imperfect, means. to determine if a cranial nerve lesion is. likely to be peripheral or central. Dogs. and cats with peripheral lesions have. normal postural reactions, mentation, and spinal reflexes.