NU-9 targets a shared underlying mechanism found in various neurodegenerative diseases. A new study from Northwestern ...

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

New research highlights how the brain’s own chemistry can suppress pain, explaining why severely injured individuals, like ...

"They're big neurons, which I think do a very fast read of something and then relay that information elsewhere ... changes than from subtle changes in neuron shape. "I don't think it's a very ...

Scientists develop lab-grown model of the human sensory pathway to investigate how pain signals are transmitted to the brain.

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 ...

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

Such a horrific diagnosis,' said another. 'Sending prayers.' So just what is motor neurone disease, what does it mean for sufferers like Eric Dane and what are the symptoms people need to be aware of?

Euphoria and Grey's Anatomy actor Eric Dane has revealed he is battling ALS, the most common form of motor neurone disease. Speaking to People, he said: "I have been diagnosed with ALS ...

From a pinprick to a warm breeze, every sensation you perceive begins its journey along this ascending sensory pathway. For the first time, scientists have recreated the entire human nervous system’s ...

In this important study, the authors use computational modeling to explore how rapid learning can be reconciled with the accumulation of stable memories in the olfactory bulb, where adult neurogenesis ...

The model’s management, Elite Model Management NYC, also took to social media the same day to relay the sad news of Markovic’s passing. “We are heartbroken to share that Lucy Markovic has ...