Few things in medicine seemed as new and fashionable as nerve-cutting operations. All over the U.S., surgeons were cutting nerves in various parts of the body in the hope of relieving ulcers, hand ...

When a house catches on fire, we assume that a smoke alarm inside will serve one purpose and one purpose only: warn the ...

Billions of nerve cells send signals coursing through our bodies, serving as conduits through which the brain performs its essential functions. For millennia physicians thought damage to nerves was ...

A new study reveals that nerve cells receive periodic infusions of mitochondria from neighboring cells — and this may point ...

The peripheral nervous system is of particular interest in modern research on bioelectronic medicine because it is the bidirectional highway that carries signals from the brain to the organs and vice ...

Jianguo Gu, Ph.D., Edward A. Ernst Endowed Chair and professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, is the latest winner of the School of Medicine’s Featured Discovery. This ...

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 ...

Each part of the nervous system uses internal checks and balances to regulate its activity, responding to various factors like mood, health status, and the external environment.¹ These regulatory ...

Your sympathetic nervous system is one of the branches of your autonomic nervous system. It controls functions under unconscious control related to “fight or flight.” Your nervous system plays a ...

Neurological diseases are conditions that affect your nervous system. Your nervous system includes your brain and spinal cord as well as all the nerves that branch out to the rest of your body. There ...

Last week, we examined the fact that "slow breathing creates a long life" through the respiration and lifespan of animals.