The locus coeruleus is emerging as a major new area of research interest, with many important functions such as regulating ...

The human brain can pass synaptic impulses at a speed of roughly 120 meters per second. But the speed at which our brain can form thoughts is remarkably slow: just 10 bits per second, according to a ...

The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine is the second site in the U.S. to partake in the brain-chip clinical trial of Elon Musk’s Neuralink company.

Learn how scientists have identified key regions of the brain where aging begins. Dive into the fascinating cellular atlas of ...

An estimated 3.4 billion people—43% of the world population—had a condition affecting the nervous system in 2021, leading to ...

The B vitamin mitigates manganese neurotoxicity, which produces symptoms that resemble Parkinson's disease. The vitamin improves dopamine production in the brain and offers potential therapeutic ...

In 2019 a startling article was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers tracked brain changes in nine polar scientists after 14 months isolated at a remote station in Antarctica.

Each octopus arm has a massive nervous system, with more neurons combined across the eight arms than in the animal's brain. These neurons are concentrated in a large axial nerve cord (ANC), which ...

The fine control these almost-alien animals have over each of their eight arms is at least partially down to the segmentation of the nervous system circuitry that governs it. This discovery by ...

Lindsay Arnold/Instagram "I actually can't wrap my brain around that. I get home tonight, surgery is tomorrow," Arnold told the camera. "I'm kind of nervous, I'm not gonna lie. I'm so excited ...

Lindsay Arnold on vacation in Mexico.

By embedding threads containing electrodes within the human brain, the company’s device allows paralyzed patients to engage with digital devices through their thoughts. Arbaugh, for example ...