A new study reveals that nerve cells receive periodic infusions of mitochondria from neighboring cells — and this may point ...

Some parts of our bodies bounce back from injury in fairly short order. The outer protective layer of the eye-called the ...

Delivering therapies to the brain remains a major challenge due to the limited permeability of the blood-brain barrier. In a ...

Development of effective medications for central nervous system (CNS) disorders has long been plagued by a high failure rate in clinical trials. One ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered that the nervous system's own immune cells help protect the spinal cord ...

Unlike the brain and spinal cord, peripheral nerve cells, whose long extensions reach the skin and internal organs, are capable of regenerating after injury. This is why injuries to the central ...

NPR's podcast Short Wave brings the stories of a newly identified deep sea creature, the benefits of exercise for healing our nervous system and science-backed tips for holiday eating. Time now for ...

High-fat diets and obesity reshape astrocytes—star-shaped brain cells in the striatum that help regulate pleasure from eating. French researchers discovered that tweaking these cells in mice not only ...

Physicians from Bochum have used a cancer treatment method to treat severe autoimmune diseases. A team of physicians from Bochum are the first to successfully use CAR T-cell therapy to treat two ...

Natural killer cells act as the immune system’s rapid-response team, but the stress of anxiety and insomnia may be quietly thinning their ranks. A study of young women in Saudi Arabia found that both ...