Tambet Teesalu, University of Tartu Professor of Nanomedicine, has been awarded an ERC Synergy Grant to study the blood-nerve ...

Peripheral neuropathy, as defined by the American Cancer Society, is a condition caused by damage to the peripheral nervous ...

Addressing the question of whether and how immune cells (macrophages) in the central nervous system (CNS) traffic out, researchers have now ...

Dr. Saurabh Sethi, a Harvard-trained gastroenterologist, emphasizes habits like drinking water before coffee, morning ...

One philosophical view proposes that life is absurd. However, having hope and creating a purposeful life are correlated with ...

The endocannabinoid system is one of the most diffuse neurotransmitter systems in the body and the brain. Understanding its function and unusual nature destigmatizes THC and CBD.

Scientists have discovered that the body can naturally dull pain through its own localized “benzodiazepine-like” peptides. A groundbreaking study led by a University of Leeds scientist has unveiled ...

This article discusses research by Dr. Lee J. Martin and his team on HIE, a leading cause of neonatal mortality ...

Peripheral afferent neurons—nerves that send signals from all areas of the body to the central nervous system (brain and ...

Peripheral afferent neurons — nerves that send signals from all areas of the body to the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) — are known to ...