The human sense of touch is a complex system that integrates diverse sensations such as pain, temperature, and pleasant ...

The body has billions of nerve cells Every person’s body contains ... length and numbers of the axons and dendrites can vary. The human nervous system is defined as two parts.

We often think the brain is like a muscle – we say things like “use it or lose it!”, and we talk about exercising or “training” our brains. In reality, actual brain tissue looks pretty much nothing ...

Pancreatic cancer is fueled by connections to the nervous system. This is reported by scientists from the German Cancer ...

A high-resolution spatial map of the human hypothalamus makes it possible to identify specific cells, determine their exact ...

A person with neuroblastoma, which occurs when developing nerve cells in children turn cancerous, has remained tumour-free ...

Scientists have found a reason why some people never seem to get warm while others never seem to feel the cold: some nerve cell receptors deep in the body are stimulated by signals other than ...

Nerve cells have amazing strategies to save energy and still perform the most important of their tasks. Researchers from the ...

Researchers at the Center for Life Sciences at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have for the first time identified structural ...

A study has now shown: The electrical signals must be synchronized with the body's natural rhythms -- heartbeat and breathing. Various diseases can be treated by stimulating the vagus nerve in the ...

A new electrical stimulation therapy for spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) has shown promise in reactivating motor neurons and ...

In the beginning, one cell becomes two, and two become four. Being fruitful, they multiply into a ball of many cells, a shimmering sphere of human potential. Scientists have long dreamed of ...