A new study shows that prenatal disruption of the endocannabinoid system can have long-lasting effects on brain structure and ...

How do brains turn environmental inputs into motor outputs? This question, known as the “black box” problem, has left ...

Researchers at the University of Bath have discovered how DNA damage caused by a faulty DNA protection and repair system can lead to neurodegenerative disorders such as motor neuron disease (MND).

The enteric nervous system (ENS), the largest division of autonomic nervous system, is a tantalizing frontier in neuroscience. With the advent of single-cell transcriptomics, the ENS has been ...

When David Scott suddenly had slurred speech that left a friend thinking he was having a stroke, he contacted his GP for help—only to be asked by a receptionist if he had been 'drinking'. But just ...

Neuromuscular junctions (NMJs) are denervated in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) through unknown mechanisms. Here, the authors show immune cells infiltrating muscle of ALS patients and mouse ...

An Adelaide-based research collaboration has identified the specific nerve pathways responsible for relaying pain signals ...

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