Boosting communication between the spinal nerves and the muscles using the spinal cord stimulation reverses spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) progression and could be applied to other motoneuron diseases, ...

Columbia scientists have found specialized neurons in the brains of mice that order the animals to stop eating. Though many feeding circuits in the brain are known to play a role in monitoring food ...

Discover the shocking findings of a study on microplastic pollution in human brain tissue. Explore the sources and possible ...

The hormone insulin plays a central role in the metabolism of many living organisms. When food is plentiful, insulin promotes ...

Researchers have been trying for decades to stop the cells that damage the lung in people with pulmonary fibrosis. Now a team ...

A new drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive loss of neural function in spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease.

Neurons in the brains of mice tell them to stop eating when they’ve had enough food – and since people probably have the same ...

A new study found that the brain may contain higher levels of microplastics, equivalent to the amount found in a standard ...

Scientists have developed a new kind of laser-based artificial neuron that mimics a biological nerve cell. This artificial ...