A new review article summarizes the wide-ranging, evolving potential of devices that modulate vagus nerve activity.

A rare group of neurons can reconnect broken spinal circuits and trigger leg muscle activity after spinal cord injury—a ...

An overlooked organ finally gets the anatomical attention it has long been denied.

Scientists hunting for treatments and cures for multiple sclerosis may have found an unlikely ally — the yak. The high-altitude, cold-hardy relative of the cow could be the key to a medical ...

The brain is the most complex organ in the human body. Different parts of the brain perform a variety of functions, all of ...

A new MIT study that focuses on a single cell in one of nature’s simplest nervous systems provides an in-depth illustration of how individual neurons can use multiple means to drive complex behaviors.

Researchers from the DZNE have solved an important puzzle in neurobiology: the wiring and the movement of nerve cells are interwoven, but separately controlled. The study focuses on neuronal growth ...

The human brain holds a staggering number of connections, yet scientists have long struggled to explain how it stores so much ...

Nerve conduction studies show how well the body’s electrical signals travel down your nerves. During a nerve conduction study test, providers apply small electrical shocks to your nerve and record how ...

Stimulating your vagus nerve is the latest wellness trend, but how do you actually do it? And is it actually helping?

In C. elegans worms, a single neuron named HSN uses multiple chemicals and connections to orchestrate egg-laying and locomotion over the course of several minutes. A new MIT study that focuses on a ...