Your nerves transmit messages within the brain, as well as among the brain, spinal cord, and the body. In order to do this, they use a combination of electrical and chemical signaling. Motor neurons ...

Movement is a complex process governed by a network of neuronal circuits spread across multiple regions of the nervous system ...

Aya Takeoka at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) in Japan and colleagues have discovered the neural circuitry in the spinal cord that allows brain-independent motor learning. Published in ...

A team of neuroscientists in Switzerland have helped a paralyzed man walk again 12 years after a severe motorcycle accident. Their secret? An experimental implant that helps facilitate central nervous ...

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a clear and watery liquid that flows in and around the brain and spinal cord. Its functions ...

Using implants to electrically stimulate the spinal cord is a clinically approved way to treat chronic pain, and recently scientists have been exploring what these devices could mean for Parkinson’s ...

Spinal cord stimulation was found to decrease pain and reduce motor symptoms of Parkinson disease as both a singular therapy and as a salvage therapy after deep brain stimulation therapies proved ...

The experimental therapy M102 slowed disease progression in preclinical experiments done in mouse and cell models of ALS, a ...

A motor evoked potential (MEP) test can determine whether there is any damage along the nerves in the brain and spinal cord. It is a painless procedure but may cause some skin discomfort. An MEP test ...