Nerves such as the phrenic nerves are made up of axon fibers, which convey information to and from the brain. Nervous tissue ...

“At a high level, we feel itch when cells in our skin release signaling molecules that activate peripheral nerve fibers that ...

Neurotransmitters are chemical messengers that have excitatory, inhibitory, and modulatory actions. Learn what they are and ...

Specialized nerve cells in the temporal lobe react highly selectively to images and names of a single person or specific ...

Pain from conditions such as endometriosis could be alleviated if the gut’s resident bacteria can be understood and tamed.

As most of the cranial nerves do, the glossopharyngeal nerve emerges from the front of the brainstem, which sits low at the back of your brain and connects the brain to the spinal ...

Researchers said on Monday they have for the first time mapped the changes that unfold as a woman's brain reorganizes in ...

“Our discovery of RORB for these selectively vulnerable cells gives us the opportunity to study in detail exactly why they ...

Across the board, “disorders of gut-brain interaction are more prevalent in women than men,” Levinthal says, and the same is ...

New treatments for promoting nerve cells regrowth in people with MS are inviting optimism at the University of Saskatchewan.

My hands shook as I texted my husband. I felt unmoored in my body, as if I’d awoken in a different house than the one where I ...

It could be a medical condition called essential tremor, and a new study by Singapore’s National Neuroscience Institute has ...