Your nervous system is made up of two main parts: the brain and the spinal cord, which combine to form the central nervous system; and the sensory and motor nerves, which form the peripheral nervous ...

and the peripheral nervous system (PNS). The CNS is located in the skull and vertebral canal of the spine. It includes the nerves in the brain and spinal cord. The sensory and motor nerves that ...

Sensory neurons can also support complex movements like picking up utensils, providing feedback to muscles and joints to enable precise movements. Motor neurons carry impulses away from the central ...

A new drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive loss of neural function in spinal ...

Boosting communication between the spinal nerves and the muscles using the spinal cord stimulation reverses spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) progression and could be applied to other motoneuron diseases, ...

By Telma Sagnard, Brice Picot, and Nicolas Forestier The quality of vision or hearing differs from one person to another.

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a condition affecting the central nervous system characterized by both motor and sensory impairment. SCI causes lipid accumulation in the form of lipid droplets, which may ...

Findings on cephalopod nerve cords highlight segmentation's role in sucker movement control, advancing knowledge of neural architectures in soft-bodied species.

The suckers are also packed with sensory receptors that allow the octopus to taste and smell things that they touch—like combining a hand with a tongue and a nose. The researchers believe the ...

In a small human trial in SMA patients neurostimulation sessions improved motoneuron function, reduced fatigue, and improved leg muscle strength and walking.

New research from the University of Chicago revealed that the nervous system circuitry that ... facilitates this complex sensory-motor ability. Octopus bimaculoides. Credit: Cassady Olson Octopus ...

New research has revealed that the nervous system circuitry that controls ... facilitates this complex sensory-motor ability. To see if this kind of structure is common to other soft-bodied ...