Scientists hunting for treatments and cures for multiple sclerosis may have found an unlikely ally — the yak. The ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that helps pain sensing nerve cells stay ...

Wrapping dehydrated human amniotic membrane around nerve and anastomotic tissue during robotic prostatectomy was associated ...

The human brain holds a staggering number of connections, yet scientists have long struggled to explain how it stores so much ...

A new MIT study that focuses on a single cell in one of nature’s simplest nervous systems provides an in-depth illustration of how individual neurons can use multiple means to drive complex behaviors.

Here's what to know—and how you can help protect your brain's memory center. Reviewed by Dietitian Jessica Ball, M.S., RD This study links the MIND diet to less neuron loss in the hippocampus, which ...

Researchers from the DZNE have solved an important puzzle in neurobiology: the wiring and the movement of nerve cells are interwoven, but separately controlled. The study focuses on neuronal growth ...

For the fruit fly, a sense of taste is critical to whether it thrives or dies. The little winged creature has taste organs in ...

In C. elegans worms, a single neuron named HSN uses multiple chemicals and connections to orchestrate egg-laying and locomotion over the course of several minutes. A new MIT study that focuses on a ...