Howard Hughes Medical Institute-led research has produced a complete connectome of the Drosophila visual system, enabling systematic investigations into how visual information is processed and relayed ...

You May Have This Blobby Animal to Thank for Your Nervous System Researchers propose that placozoans, one of the simplest kinds of animals, may contain the blueprint for the neurons of more ...

The first stem cell culture method that produces a full model of the early stages of the human central nervous system has been developed by a team of engineers and biologists at the University of ...

A sensory system is a part of the nervous system responsible for processing sensory information. A sensory system consists of sensory receptors, neural pathways, and parts of the brain involved in ...

Antidepressants seem to act through BDNF, thus enhancing the plasticity of the nervous system, at least in certain brain areas. However, it has been unclear how antidepressant-induced increases in ...

A team of scientists developed the first full model of the early embryonic central nervous system using stem cells.

Primary central nervous system (CNS) vasculitis is a rare, frequently misdiagnosed condition that affects the brain and spinal cord and is characterized by a variety of neurologic symptoms at ...

The autonomic nervous system is known as the control center for involuntary bodily processes such as the beating of our hearts and our breathing. The fact that this part of the nervous system also ...

Stimulation of the nervous system with neurotechnology has opened up new avenues for treating human disorders, such as prosthetic arms and legs that restore the sense of touch in amputees ...

A neurological master class in conditioning your nervous system for improved running performance.