Whether you are a person about town or a worm in a dish, life can throw all kinds of circumstances your way. What you need is ...

Throughout the course of multiple sclerosis, gradually progressive neurologic impairment can occur, which has been called ...

Physicians have long observed a mystifying phenomenon: After a bout of infection or an autoimmune disease flare-up, some ...

Researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) have discovered new potential therapeutic targets for multiple sclerosis (MS). While current treatments prevent further damage, the ...

The hypothalamus is a small but critical region at the base of the brain that controls the autonomic nervous system, regulates body temperature, signals hunger and thirst, exerts hormonal control over ...

In the first comprehensive, cell-by-cell analysis of brain tissue from individuals with Tourette syndrome, researchers have pinpointed exactly which cells are perturbed and how they malfunction, ...

New research shows that the adult brain can generate new neurons that integrate into key motor circuits, findings that may point to a new way to treat neurogenerative disorders.