Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered that the nervous system's own immune cells help protect the spinal cord ...

Pain-sensing neurons in the gut kindle inflammatory immune responses that cause allergies and asthma, according to a new ...

The brain constantly blends split-second reactions with slower, more thoughtful processing, and new research shows how it ...

Researchers in Japan built a miniature human brain circuit using fused stem-cell–derived organoids, allowing them to watch ...

The nervous system is a complex network of neurons and cells that carry messages to and from the brain and spinal cord to various parts of the body. When a house catches on fire, we assume that a ...

The development of the nervous system is the ongoing biological process through which nervous tissue is generated and shaped in an embryo and in postnatal and adult organisms. Understanding the ...

A new study from Bar-Ilan University shows that one of sleep's core functions originated hundreds of millions of years ago in ...

“In this place, Christopher Reeve is a hero,” says Prof. Stephen Cole, theater. Christopher Reeve ’74, the actor, the director and the activist, accomplished many outstanding things in his life, both ...

This Review explores the different types of sensory nerves involved in gut–brain communication, detailing the locations of these nerve endings in the gut and their mechanisms of activation. Insights ...