Cambridge scientists have grown miniature circuits in the lab that mimic how the brain and spinal cord connect, which ...

In order to understand brain diseases, neuroscientists try to untangle the intricate nerve fiber labyrinth of our brain. Before analyzing brain tissue under a microscope, it is often soaked in ...

The vagus nerve connects the brain to major organs throughout the body and plays important roles in many bodily functions.

In order to understand brain diseases, neuroscientists try to untangle the intricate nerve fibre labyrinth of our brain. Before analysing brain tissue under a microscope, it is often soaked in ...

A small trial of an interactive brain-training game has offered early hope for people living with chronic nerve pain. The ...

While humans are acquiring new skills that entail performing coordinated movements, such as walking, playing an instrument or ...

To rapidly transmit electrical signals in the brain, the long nerve fibers are insulated by specialized cells called oligodendrocytes. These cells also respond to the electrical signals of active ...

Sometimes called a “pacemaker for the brain,” this nerve connects the brain to most major organ systems in your body. For ...

Movement-paired taVNS noninvasively targets and boosts specific brain areas responsible for movement and arousal.

The mechanisms by which antidepressants and other emotion-focused medications work could be reconsidered due to an important new breakthrough in the understanding of how the gut communicates with the ...

The brain of a rat exposed to organophosphate cholinesterase inhibitor. The green staining identifies dying neurons. The University of California, Davis, is establishing a new center designed to ...