A USC study reveals that blood pressure fluctuations between heartbeats may harm brain health even when overall readings are ...

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand different types of nerve cell in the human brain according to the latest ...

The Packard Center and ALS United will fund a preclinical study investigating how abnormal TDP-43 protein contributes to ALS.

Researchers at Göttingen Campus, Germany, have succeeded for the first time in examining the tiny synapses in the inner ...

It's well-known that neural circuits help synchronize our biological clock with the day-night cycle. But just how exactly do ...

A UCL research team has found clues as to why some nerve cells die in dementia and not others, through a new study in fruit flies. The study, published in Cell Reports, is helping to answer one of the ...

Scientists at ETH Zurich have broken new ground by generating over 400 types of nerve cells from stem cells in the lab, far surpassing previous efforts that produced only a few dozen. By ...

A University of Missouri-led discovery could pave the way for improved diagnosis and treatment of unexplained movement ...

The human brain can do many amazing things, but self-repair is not one of its repertoire of abilities. Once neurons die—from trauma, stroke, or disease—they rarely grow back.

The fibers of the vagus nerve have many crucial roles. The vagus nerve helps regulate many physical functions including controlling heart rate and speech; it is related to the feeling of satiety after ...

A new study reveals that chemotherapy-induced nerve pain arises from a stress response in immune cells that triggers inflammation and neurotoxicity.