Abstract This article – the fourth in a series about the nervous system – examines the peripheral nervous system, which is made up of nerves that connect the central nervous system to the rest of the ...

When parts of the nervous system start to break down—or get broken—the consequences for human health can be staggering. Can ...

Have you ever touched something hot and quickly pulled your hand away? Or jumped when you heard a loud sound? Or felt ...

Rabies is an infection caused by a virus that affects your nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord and nerves. AHS ...

Nerve damage generally happens slowly, says Isha Gupta, M.D., neurologist. So you might be able to catch it and prevent it ...

More information: Ajay Pal et al, Spinal cord associative plasticity improves forelimb sensorimotor function after cervical injury, Brain (2022). DOI: 10.1093/brain/awac235 ...

A consortium of leading European neurotechnology experts is developing a battery-less implant to treat cancer, severe ...

“The brain and spinal cord are extremely crowded with nerves and nerve fibers, which may be why we have developed careful controls that tell cells to stop making new connections. The crowded ...

Even in people with complete paralysis after spinal cord injury, some nerves fibers are preserved. A Columbia physician-scientist is developing a new way to salvage those fibers and restore movement.

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