Once dismissed as “junk,” a group of RNA molecules has been found to help regrow damaged nerves in mice in new research. The ...

Unlike the brain and spinal cord, peripheral nerve cells, whose long extensions reach the skin and internal organs, are ...

Researchers have observed a mechanism in the brain that may ‘pump the brakes’ on acute pain to prevent overload while not inhibiting chronic pain at all.

Emma Bray, 42, was diagnosed with a terminal neurological condition two years ago. She decided to end her life by starving ...

Neural stem cell treatment was safe and significantly boosted myelin repair in spinal cord lesions in a mouse model of MS, ...

A paralyzed veteran named RJ has become the first Miami patient to receive Elon Musk's Neuralink brain chip, allowing him to ...

For chronic pain patients, though, the brain interprets even neutral sensations as pain and suffering. In effect, pain ...

Holding your pee does this to your brain and the hidden effects will completely shock you. The nervous system damage is ...

A young British girl on a holiday to Turkey with her boyfriend suffered seizures, which doctors said were due to heatstroke. Later, a detailed investigation diagnosed her with glioma—a cancerous brain ...

Why do some people suffer more than others, even when the pain is the same? Scientists have uncovered a hidden brain circuit that connects the physical experience of pain to its emotional aftermath.

What if your brain is the reason some pain feels unbearable? Scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered a hidden brain ...