It works by switching off nociceptors in the peripheral nervous system, and therefore preventing pain signals getting to the brain. This represents a potential new breakthrough in a world which has ...

Scientists have discovered that neural stem cells (NSCs) receive constant feedback from their daughter cells, influencing whether they remain dormant or activate to form new neurons and glia.

This process happens more readily with axons, synapses, neurons and glia in the peripheral nervous system.

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. New insights into what causes the painful and ...

Using a single-cell sequencing technique, Brazilian researchers have created the first cell atlas of focal cortical dysplasia ...

The nervous system is the body’s command centre and we rely on it ... This is because, when under stress, astrocytes shrink away from synapses (the structures that allow information to pass from cell ...

Understanding this relay system not only enhances our knowledge ... distance away from where neurons receive input from their synapses, which are located in distant dendrites that extend like ...

The nervous system is the body’s direct communication system. It’s made up of the body’s many nerve cells. These cells work together in a network that sends and receives signals from one ...

Parasitic infections can invade practically any part of the body. Brain parasites, those that infect the central nervous system which includes the brain, are potentially the most damaging and the most ...

A new study is illuminating how “forever chemicals” can alter our brain cells by impairing the genes that maintain healthy neurons, the cells of our nervous system. Scientists ... way that diminished ...

Market Snapshot Stock-market investors are getting nervous about this bond-market move that’s only happened twice in over 40 years Only twice since the early 1980s has the 10-year yield jumped ...

The large nerve cord running down each octopus arm is separated into segments, giving it precise control over movements and creating a spatial map of its suckers. Octopus arms move with incredible ...