To think, feel, talk and move, neurons send messages through electrical signals in the brain and spinal cord. This intricate communication network is built of billions of neurons connected by synapses ...

A team of researchers at RPI, in collaboration with the University of South Florida, University of North Carolina, and The ...

The signals that drive many of the brain and body's most essential functions—consciousness, sleep, breathing, heart rate and ...

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and Yale University School of Medicine, along with other collaborators, report that lung adenocarcinoma can engage nerve pathways that link the ...

Pain isn't just a physical sensation—it also carries emotional weight. That distress, anguish, and anxiety can turn a fleeting injury into long-term suffering. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

A Nature Medicine study links the activation of brain reward pathways to stronger antibody responses after hepatitis B vaccination in healthy adults.

When we learn a new skill, our brain forms new connections between the neurons. The more we do the new skill, the stronger ...

For decades, multiple sclerosis (MS) has been defined primarily by its symptoms, rather than its underlying biology. Now, a ...

In a groundbreaking study, a New York University Langone research team believes they have honed in on the brain pathways of a genetically determined repetitive motor behavior that is linked to autism.

Researchers have identified a way to help the brain clear out proteins implicated in Parkinson's and Alzheimer's Disease.

Lung cancer tumor cells in mice communicate with the brain, sending signals to deactivate the body’s immune response, a study ...