Billions of nerve cells send signals coursing through our bodies, serving as conduits through which the brain performs its essential functions. For millennia physicians thought damage to nerves was ...

Scientists created a model of the human pain pathway in a dish by connecting four separate brain organoids. The feat should help them understand sensory disorders like those affecting pain perception.

The human brain is not a fast-healing organ. Normally it doesn’t need to be as adult brain cells are stable and last for a ...

When a house catches on fire, we assume that a smoke alarm inside will serve one purpose and one purpose only: warn the ...

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — The brain is undeniably the most complex part of the human body. "So the brain sends signals through the spinal cord and vice versa, and it affects the way that we move and the way ...

A new study reveals that nerve cells receive periodic infusions of mitochondria from neighboring cells — and this may point ...

Whether it’s a dull, underlying ache in your spine or a piercing stab, chronic back pain affects roughly 1 in 4 Americans. UC San Francisco’s Prasad Shirvalkar, MD, Ph.D, neurologist and pain medicine ...

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 ...

A nanomaterial based on a platform developed by Professor Samuel Stupp crosses the blood-brain barrier and targets harmful ...

What happens inside the brain when the body doesn't get enough vitamin D, especially during the winter months? Dr. Vinit ...