Researchers have successfully developed nerve grafts, currently being trialed as a treatment for Parkinson’s disease, that ...

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

To test whether the neurons were functional, the researchers injected them into the brains of rats treated with a neurotoxin ...

Scientists have re-created a pain pathway in the brain by growing four key clusters of human nerve cells in a dish. This ...

Euphoria” and former “Grey’s Anatomy” veteran Eric Dane has announced that he has ALS and plans to continue working.

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

Scientists created a model of the human pain pathway in a dish by connecting four separate brain organoids. The feat should help them understand sensory disorders like those affecting pain perception.

The electric skin cell signals, which move at glacial pace compared to those in nerve cells, may play a role in initiating healing.

In all, they collected data that covers about 3.4 miles (5.4 kilometers) of neuronal wiring in a part of the brain that ...

A Japanese patient paralyzed for years can now stand unaided after participating in a groundbreaking clinical trial using ...

Cells with electrophysiological activity obtained at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) are opening up new ...