Researchers in optics and brain and cognitive science are investigating whether neurons can transmit light in a manner ...

An estimated 18,000 people in the United States annually suffer from new injuries to their spinal cords. Unfortunately for ...

Scientists have identified a previously unknown type of neural stem cell (pNSC) that exists outside the brain and spinal cord ...

The research team at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences confirmed the ...

The nervous system is a complex network of neurons and cells that carry messages to and from the brain and spinal cord to various ... FOXR2 only occurs in central nervous system (CNS ...

Actions we unconsciously engage in, such as tidying, humming, and even lying on our side with one arm in the air, activate ...

Diseases of the nervous system refer to disorders that affect any part of the central nervous system (brain, spinal cord or cranial nerves) or peripheral nervous system. Transplanting dopamine ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a relatively rare but very serious disease of the nervous system. A cure is not yet ...

The discovery of the new cell type not only provides new insights into the development of the mammalian nervous system. Their ...