Researchers are developing promising suppression systems for painful conditions—even an app on your phone that turns the pain ...

ONE of the characteristic features of the nerve cells is the large number of basophilic “Nissl granules” in the cytoplasm. Electron microscope studies reveal that the “Nissl substance” is ...

Since Spravato is FDA-approved, it’s covered by most insurance companies. IV ketamine, on the other hand, is generally not ...

Discover why nails separate from the nail bed, what causes onycholysis, and how to treat this common but concerning nail ...

A new understanding of how tumours exploit our nervous system is leading to new ways to treat cancer using familiar drugs ...

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, the National Center for Genomic Analysis and the University of Adelaide ...

A new understanding of Alzheimer’s disease is shaking up what many believed about how this devastating illness takes hold.

For a long time, scientists depended on luck to find new proteins. In 1840, for example, the Friedrich Ludwig Hünefeld, a ...

All humans who have ever lived were once each an individual cell, which then divided countless times to produce a body made up of about 10 trillion cells. These cells have busy lives, executing all ...

Scientists discovered that axons don’t quite look like straight cables. Instead, axons often appear like pearls on a string.

Dry mouth can be caused by mouth breathing, medications, or a health condition. Learn what symptoms to watch for and when to ...

Using a newly devised, three-dimensional model to study the regeneration of nerve tissue in the nose, researchers at School ...