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

A decentralized nervous system is one factor that helps octopuses adapt to changes, such as injury or predation, as seen in the case of an Octopus vulgaris, or common octopus, that was observed with ...

In a new discovery, chronic pain has been shown to be physiologically different from acute pain and now scientists have the roadmap for how to target it.

Use of the investigational non-opioid analgesic resiniferatoxin appeared to improve pain control in patients with advanced ...

Gene delivery systems can target specific brain cells, a breakthrough that could lead to treatments for Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases.

Relatives may also provide enlightening and not always corroborative histories. Alcohol’s central nervous system (CNS) effects are mediated through actions on a variety of neurotransmitters. There is ...

President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will share the Pentagon’s recommendations for the Golden Dome on Tuesday. The Golden Dome aims to shield the U.S. from a potential ...

This constant stimulation can be costly – particularly for our nervous system. Our overscheduling can feed into overstimulation of the nervous system. The sympathetic nervous system which ...

The next time you are sitting idle, try this simple hack to find out if your nervous system is dysregulated – swallow three times in a row and see if you get stuck somewhere. If you face no trouble, ...

And they do so despite having extremely simple structures without a central control system (such as a brain). How can this be explained? A team from TU Wien, the University of Vienna, and Tufts ...

In a bid to address these issues, a government-owned company in China has introduced what it claims to be the world’s first commercial cryptography system resistant to even quantum computer attacks.

Adderall is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant. This class of drugs helps boost mood, alertness, attention, and energy by raising the levels of certain chemicals in the brain. How each CNS ...