A new, lifelike model of nerve fibers may serve as a platform to screen for experimental treatments that can promote myelin ...

The fibers of the vagus nerve have many crucial roles. The vagus nerve helps regulate many physical functions including controlling heart rate and speech; it is related to the feeling of satiety after ...

A new, more life-like physical model of microscopic nerve fibres called axons could speed up the discovery of medicines for ...

In A Nutshell A new study suggests smoking may contribute to dementia risk through a previously unknown pathway: rare lung ...

In a fruit fly, nerve cells that detect limb movement are silenced when the insect walks or grooms. This on-off switch may help the nervous system to shift between two states: one helps keep the body ...

Scientists create living robots with nervous systems, revealing how neurons grow, connect and shape movement in a new biological model.

Using a newly devised, three-dimensional model to study the regeneration of nerve tissue in the nose, researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences ...

Why are some people unable to hear from birth, even though their inner ear appears intact? One possible cause lies in the ...