The boy was diagnosed with an aggressive form of Neuroblastoma, a cancer that originates in nerve tissue and typically affects children under the age of five ...

Every soft caress of wind, searing burn and seismic rumble is detected by our skin’s tangle of touch sensors. David Ginty has ...

Scientists have identified a previously unknown type of neural stem cell (pNSC) that exists outside the brain and spinal cord ...

The phase I clinical trials showed stem cell transplants for Parkinson’s disease appear to be safe and might restore dopamine-producing brain cells.

For decades, scientists assumed that neural stem cells (NSCs) only occur in the brain and spinal cord. A new international ...

Enter: Muscle Activation Techniques (MAT)—a specialized, hands-on method that aims to turn “off” muscles back “on” so your ...

Scientists have re-created a pain pathway in the brain by growing four key clusters of human nerve cells in a dish. This laboratory model could be used to help explain certain pain syndromes, and ...

In a massive scientific effort, hundreds of researchers have helped to map the connections between hundreds of thousands of neurons in the mouse brain and then overlayed their firing patterns in ...

Researchers uncover how kaempferol, a natural compound in kale and berries, may protect nerve cells and fight ALS and dementia.

Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date – a ...

Medically reviewed by Leigh Weddle, PharmD Creatine is a compound found in your body and certain foods. It can also be taken ...

High cholesterol, or hypercholesterolemia, usually has no apparent symptoms and is therefore labeled as a "silent killer." Yet some of its symptoms show up when performing physical exertion such as ...