The second among the 12 pairs of cranial nerves is the optic nerve. Mary sat across the table from me in my office in a ...

Measuring pain, one of the most fundamental tasks in medicine, remains one of the least accurate.

A new clinical trial has shown for the first time that taking high doses of vitamin D could stave off the progression of ...

Most cochlear nerves carry information from the cochlea to the brain, but about 5% send signals in the opposite direction: from the brain to the cochlea. The exact role of those fibers has been a ...

Radiation-resistant nanomaterials enhance durability in nuclear systems by mitigating damage, improving structural integrity, ...

When interleukin-12 is added to the cell culture, it leads to a significant reduction in nerve fibers (pink) and oligodendrocytes, and thus to a decline in myelin (white).

In a recent case report published in Frontiers in Immunology, scientists in Canada described how an experimental treatment ...

As global populations age, neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and epilepsy become more prevalent. Factors like genetics, autoimm ...

New research suggests that eating more fruit and fiber or drinking more milk and coffee may also stave off the vexing and ...

Multiple Sclerosis (MS): The defence system of the body becomes muddled, attacking by mistake the protective layer of the nerve fibres. Parkinson's Disease: This is a slow-moving slowness with ...