Capitalizing on the flexibility of tiny cells inside the body's smallest blood vessels may be a powerful spinal cord repair ...

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

Because the spinal cord transmits sensations to the brain ... more difficult to accurately assess the relationship between brain function and the responsiveness. On the other hand, the researchers ...

Researchers have recreated the human ascending sensory pathway in a lab dish, using organoids that model the key brain and ...

Female hormones can suppress pain by making immune cells near the spinal cord produce opioids, a new study has found. This stops pain signals before they get to the brain. The discovery could help ...

The 58-year-old said she was recently diagnosed with a subependymoma, a type of benign tumor that develops in fluid-filled spaces in the brain. Laidley's tumour is also on her spinal cord ...

Meningitis is an inflammation of the fluid and three membranes (meninges) surrounding your brain and spinal cord. The symptoms of viral and bacterial meningitis can be similar in the beginning.

Scientists from the Machine Intelligence from Cortical Networks (MICRONS) consortium have published the microconnectome of a cubic millimeter of the mouse brain. This is the most complete map of this ...

the research team led by Keio University stem cell scientist Hideyuki Okano revealed that two out of four participants with a spinal cord injury saw improvements in their motor function.

TOKYO, Japan - A stem cell treatment helped improve the motor function of two out of four patients with a spinal cord injury in the first clinical study of its kind, Japanese scientists said. There is ...

only 10 to 12 percent of patients with spinal cord injuries recover some motor function through rehabilitation. But it is still too early to determine the statistical effectiveness of the latest ...