New research shows that the brain’s cortex can rapidly reorganize itself after losing neurons, allowing other nerve cells to take over lost functions.

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Lund University in Sweden have identified a new treatment strategy for neuroblastoma ...

Huntington's disease has long defied attempts to rescue suffering neurons. A new study in Cell Reports shows that ...

A new understanding of how tumours exploit our nervous system is leading to new ways to treat cancer using familiar drugs ...

A direct connection from the nose to brain neurons are activated by the smell of food to trigger satiety in lean, but not in ...

New research has deciphered how neuronal networks in the cerebral cortex quickly reorganize to compensate for lost neurons, ...

A popular weight-loss drug may be changing how doctors treat obesity—but scientists are just starting to uncover exactly how ...

T–cell presence in injured optic nerve 1 week after injury. Figure 2: T cells specific to MBP, but not to OVA or p277 of hsp60, protect neurons from secondary degeneration. Figure 6: Anti–MBP ...

An experimental medication boosted motor function in mice and primate models of multiple sclerosis by repairing the myelin ...

A new study reveals that mitochondrial dysfunction plays a central role in the loss of Purkinje neurons in the cerebellum, ...

Scientists discovered a specific cluster of PNOC/NPY neurons that regulate food intake and body weight in mice, also present ...

It begins with a fall, a crash, or a sudden jolt. In a split second, the spinal cord shatters. For millions, the damage is permanent. But in Shanghai and Suzhou, a group of scientists believes that ...