A new understanding of how tumours exploit our nervous system is leading to new ways to treat cancer using familiar drugs ...

New research reveals that the protein Dystroglycan plays a critical role in forming and maintaining connections between nerve ...

Scientists in Sweden led the study, published Thursday in Science. They found abundant signs of neural stem cells growing in ...

Instead of relying on a single neuron, the brain uses the pattern of activity across many neurons to encode information to ...

A new study from Sweden’s Karolinska Institute offers strong evidence that the adult human brain can generate new neurons, ...

In the hippocampus, a critical brain region for learning and memory, new cells emerge in some people into late adulthood, ...

Scientists have uncovered how a protein helps build and maintain vital brain connections, providing insights into the ...

D bioprinted nerve tissues offer new hope for ALS drug testing. Uppsala team creates motor neuron organoids from patient ...

Researchers are developing promising suppression systems for painful conditions—even an app on your phone that turns the pain ...

Motor neuron disease (MND) is a devastating condition that causes progressive muscle weakness by damaging the motor neurons, the nerve cells that con ...

The protein is linked to a type of muscular dystrophy Jennifer Jahncke, Ph.D. (left), a postdoctoral scholar working in the ...