Nature showcases diverse nervous systems beyond a single command center. Several animals, including octopuses, leeches, and ...

A growing understanding of how “reproductive” hormones sculpt the brain could transform the management of neurological ...

Researchers have developed engineered human microglia that detect disease-related brain changes and release therapeutic ...

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 ...

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

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

If you’re closing your laptop but your brain is still buzzing, it’s not a discipline problem—it’s a nervous system one. This ...

Overall, rates of new cancer diagnoses and cancer-related deaths have declined. Between 2018 and 2022, cancer death rates have decreased by 1.7% each year for men and 1.3% for women, the report stated ...

Researchers in optics and brain and cognitive science are investigating whether neurons can transmit light in a manner ...

Chronic pain can result from nervous-system overload that creates physical symptoms in response to repressed emotions, ...

Brief, intentional movement can dramatically improve posture, focus, stress resilience and mental well-being. Here’s how to ...

Key points A 5-year-old boy from rural east-central Ontario was referred to the urgent dermatology service with tender papulopustular and nodular lesions on the trunk, limbs, and face, which had ...