Researchers discovered that chemotherapy can accidentally trigger a stress alarm in immune cells, causing inflammation that ...

Following the FDA approval of a vagus nerve stimulator for rheumatoid arthritis, supporters of the device’s use have lauded ...

A new imaging technique has revealed a previously unexplored ecosystem within the ovary that may influence how fast human eggs age. The discovery could open new possibilities for slowing ovarian ...

These 7 characters have backstories that add a complex emotional weight to their actions, making us question where the line between hero and villain truly lies. Driven to madness by the death of his ...

Your peripheral nervous system (PNS) is crucial to navigating daily life. It lets you walk, controls your eye movements, and rings your brain’s alarms when you step on a Lego brick. Yet researchers ...

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. Billions of nerve cells send signals coursing through our bodies, serving as conduits ...

In a culture in which everything feels urgent, social media is filled with bad news, and our work days feel endless, something’s bound to give. Often, that thing is our nervous systems. In fact, if ...

A dad was diagnosed with ALS – a fatal disease that attacks the brain and spinal cord – after a twitch in his arm turned out to be more than a pinched nerve. Andres, 41, from Florida, was told he had ...

Department of Critical Care Medicine, Weifang People's Hospital, Weifang, Shandong, China Cerebral vasospasm is a major complication after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and is an important factor ...

“Trans auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) is one of the less invasive approaches to modulate brain function in neuropsychiatric and degenerative disorder.” Daniel Dautan posted on Bluesky, ...

Pancreatic cancer is fueled by connections to the nervous system. This is reported by scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and ...