Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered that the nervous system's own immune cells help protect the spinal cord ...

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

The ratio between two signaling molecules may be a key marker of MS brain inflammation and help identify candidates for BTK ...

A key protein expressed in epithelial “skin” cells plays a critical role in protecting the structure and function of cells in the nervous system of a model nematode, a type of worm, according to new ...

Some parts of our bodies bounce back from injury in fairly short order. The outer protective layer of the eye—called the ...

The first stem cell culture method that produces a full model of the early stages of the human central nervous system has been developed by a team of engineers and biologists. The first stem cell ...

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that targeting a specific immune process ...

Researchers report that mature oligodendrocytes -- the central nervous system cells critical for brain function -- cling to life following a fatal trauma for much, much longer than scientists knew.