The central nervous system contains two organs—the brain and the spinal cord. It has all four types of neurons and is the only place where inter-neurons can be found. There are also blood vessels ...

A group of researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine and the Burke Neurological Institute has made an exciting breakthrough ...

Stanford Medicine investigators have replicated, in a lab dish, one of humans' most prominent nervous pathways for sensing ...

Diseases of the nervous system refer to disorders that affect any part of the central nervous system (brain, spinal cord or cranial nerves) or peripheral nervous system. Large-scale analyses of ...

Apr. 3, 2025 — Parkinson's doesn't just affect movement and the brain -- it may also impact the heart, according to new research. Scientists suggest that targeting a key protein outside of the ...

The nervous system consists of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous system (motor nerves, sensory nerves, cranial and spinal nerves, autonomic ganglia ...

Multiple sclerosis causes lesions to the spinal cord and other parts of the central nervous system. An MRI can detect spinal cord lesions and help diagnose and monitor the condition. Multiple ...

Female hormones can suppress pain by making immune cells near the spinal cord produce opioids, ...

Spinal cord injuries are life-altering ... robotic-assisted movement alone does not sufficiently retrain the nervous system. A team at .NeuroRestore, led by Grégoire Courtine and Jocelyne ...

Researchers have used genetic tools to investigate how specific nerve cells in the brain respond after a spinal cord injury.