Your autonomic nervous system (ANS) is the part of your central nervous system (CNS) that controls unconscious activities like breathing and digestion. This system is always working, whether or not ...

Your nervous system is a network that sends signals between your brain and other parts of your body to control your body's movements and processes. This system includes your brain, spinal cord, and ...

Glial cells are an integral part of the human nervous system. They help support and nourish nerve cells, or neurons. Several types of glial cells exist. Glial cells are the “glue” of the nervous ...

Australian researchers have identified two nervous system components that drive tumor growth in gastrointestinal cancers, ...

The autonomic nervous system is known as the control center for involuntary bodily processes such as the beating of our hearts and our breathing. The fact that this part of the nervous system also has ...

A collaborative research project between Georgetown University’s Maillard Lab and Wang Lab investigates nervous system function through the lens of protein experiments. Individual proteins in the ...

A recent study published in the Science Advances Journal demonstrated that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and viral fusogens cause glial and neuronal fusion.

New research has uncovered shared patterns between ribosomal RNAs and genes linked to brain disorders, including autism, ...