Nerves are bundles of nerve fibers that act as communication lines of our system, transmitting signals between the brain and ...

Ever felt a tingling 'pins and needles' sensation? From pressure to vitamin deficiencies, uncover the causes, warning signs, ...

However, what does it really mean when you experience pins and needles all over your body? Let’s dip deeper. What is the pins and needles sensationThe medical term for pins and needles is paresthesia.

The obturator nerve plays an essential role in the body’s peripheral nervous system. This system includes nerves and ganglia, or clusters of nerves located near your spinal cord.

Parts of your autonomic nervous system are located throughout your body. It incorporates neuronal fibers in four of your twelve cranial nerves. These start in your brain.

Nerves look blue in the reconstructed view of a genetically engineered mouse (left) whose neurons produce a fluorescent ...

A team has made a major breakthrough in the field of three-dimensional (3D) imaging of large-scale biological tissues. They ...

The vagus nerve sprawls from the brain through the body, innervating our organs and managing life support and emotion. Sally Caulwell for Quanta Magazine The original version of this story ...

The vagus nerve originates from four clusters of neurons in the brain’s medulla, where the brainstem attaches to the spinal cord. Most nerves in our body branch directly from the spinal cord: They are ...

To better understand how the body’s nerves and neurons detect inflammation, researchers at Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research have shown how vagus nerve immune ...

Communication between the body and the nervous system is called interoception and it allows the brain to sense internal states, such as hunger, pain, or heart rate. The vagus nerve is an important ...