The study of the gut-brain axis serves as a pivotal bridge between gastroenterology and neurology, revealing a complex network of communication that impacts both health and disease. This axis links ...

Researchers developed an innovative approach -- demonstrated in mouse models and isolated human brain tissue -- to safely and effectively deliver therapeutics into the brain, providing new ...

Diseases of the nervous system refer to disorders that affect any part of the central nervous system (brain, spinal cord or cranial nerves) or peripheral nervous system. In this issue, Alsema ...

Virus. When you hear the word, you probably shudder. But not all viruses are bad or cause disease. Some are even used for ...

The human brain is the seat of the most ... On average, drugs developed for central nervous system (CNS, brain and spinal cord) diseases take longer to develop than those for other therapeutic ...

An international team of researchers has discovered a new component of the peripheral nervous system that acts by increasing energy metabolism in the body.

In buying Westlake-backed Kate Therapeutics, Novartis gets a handful of preclinical gene therapies targeting diseases like ...

But not all viruses are bad or cause disease. Some are even used for ... "By comparing the details of a frog's nervous system to a human's, we can see what we don't have and what we have," Sweeney ...

The peripheral nervous system ... central nervous system and the extremities of the body. We used single-soma deep RNA sequencing to generate a high-resolution atlas of human somatosensory dorsal ...

Nov. 22, 2024 — While it's well known that sleep enhances cognitive performance, the underlying neural mechanisms, particularly those related to nonrapid eye movement (NREM) sleep, remain ...

There is a protective wall that keeps harmful substances from reaching your brain. Unfortunately, it also prevents ...