Interrupting signals exchanged between tumors and the nervous system could become a critical pillar of cancer care ...

Harvard researchers have mapped and catalogued more than 70,000 synaptic connections from about 2,000 rat neurons, using a silicon chip capable of recording small yet telltale synaptic signals from a ...

Scientists explore how the immune and nervous systems constantly communicate, influencing brain diseases, behavior, and ...

Ed Hinton’s journalism is one of the main reasons a NASCAR driver hasn’t died on the track since Dale Earnhardt in 2001 ...

A vacuum-free space-saving compression bag so you don't feel compelled to check a bag, i.e., don't have to wait at baggage ...

Nerve cells have amazing strategies to save energy and still perform the most important of their tasks. Researchers from the ...

These cells coordinate bodily functions and movement quickly, often without intentional thought. They also can be affected differently by health conditions. Talk with your healthcare provider if you ...

Myelin is an insulating layer of lipids and proteins surrounding nerves. Myelin damage can cause problems with the nerves’ ability to send and receive electrical messages. Inflammatory disorders ...

Eating foods high in key nutrients, including iron, folic acid, and vitamin B12, and limiting alcohol may help increase your red blood cell count. Red blood cells are the most common cells in ...

Critics argued that the biological environment was complex and that it would be hard to attribute nerve growth to stimulation by muscles because of the variety of other cell types and contributing ...

In 2009 a team of biophysicists led by Anthony A. Hyman of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany, were studying specklelike structures called P ...