The nervous system is a complex network of neurons and cells that carry messages to and from the brain and spinal cord to various parts of the body. Scientists led by the Institute of ...

We are in a constant state of high sympathetic tone. Your sympathetic nervous system is the fight, flight, or freeze system.

During the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease (PD), α-synuclein pathology may originate in peripheral organs and spread to the CNS. Using human tissue samples and multiple approaches in mouse ...

The nervous system is the body’s direct communication system. It’s made up of the body’s many nerve cells. These cells work together in a network that sends and receives signals from one ...

A large percentage of people throughout the world live with a worm or other parasite that may eventually affect the central nervous system. Due to symptoms ranging from rashes to seizures, brain ...

Sir Stephen Fry has said he was “preposterously nervous” and felt pressure when competing on the new series of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, as he feels some people think of him as a “know ...

Market Snapshot Stock-market investors are getting nervous about this bond-market move that’s only happened twice in over 40 years Only twice since the early 1980s has the 10-year yield jumped ...

Additionally, the update now lets you migrate live photos from iOS devices using the Clone Tablet feature and extends battery life in some scenarios. You can read the complete changelog for more ...

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 ...

The fine control these almost-alien animals have over each of their eight arms is at least partially down to the segmentation of the nervous system circuitry that governs it. This discovery by ...

The benefits system is set to see some changes as the Department for Work and Pensions shares planes to help vulnerable people. A report by Public Technology says the DWP plans to introduce "more ...