A Personal View published in The Lancet Oncology challenges the long-standing perception of metastatic brain cancer, calling ...

The nervous system is a central component of the human body, but most people don’t spend much time thinking about it. Amelia Chapman is a nervous system practitioner through her business ...

The year started badly for PNG. In early January, a glitch in the government payroll system resulted in reduced payments to public servants, including police and PNG Defence Force personnel, leading ...

An international team of scientists has uncovered a fascinating piece of the evolutionary puzzle: how the ventral nerve cord, a key component of the central nervous system, evolved in ecdysozoan ...

sensory or cognitive functions of people who have suffered central nervous system (CNS) injuries, or neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease. Caused by trauma to the ...

The suckers are also packed with sensory receptors that allow the octopus to taste and smell things that they touch—like combining a hand with a tongue and a nose. The researchers believe the ...

This is a groundbreaking biomaterial, which has the potential to redefine the prospects of recovery from central nervous system injuries or neurodegenerative diseases. It offers the hope of future ...

The human nervous system is defined as two parts. They are the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS). The CNS is located in the skull and vertebral canal of the spine.

Dear Doctors: A good friend has Parkinson's disease. She's struggling, so I don't ask too many questions. She was drinking water, started to choke and her husband mixed something into her glass ...

An international team of scientists has uncovered a fascinating piece of the evolutionary puzzle: how the ventral nerve cord, a key component of the central nervous system, evolved in ecdysozoan ...

The nervous system consists of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous system (motor nerves, sensory nerves, cranial and spinal nerves, autonomic ganglia ...

New research has revealed that the nervous system circuitry that controls arm movement in octopuses is segmented, giving these extraordinary creatures precise control across all eight arms and ...