Loss of function of the retinoblastoma protein (RB) in the nervous system causes increased proliferation in some situations and increased apoptosis in others.

Long dismissed as impossible, nerve regrowth is offering new hope for healing injuries and treating neurodegeneration ...

The nervous system contains hundreds of different types of neurons that have physical forms specialized for their functions.

This article, which is the second of a six-part series on the nervous system, considers the structure and key functions of the brain, starting with the cerebrum.

In long-lived animals, renewed but thin myelin sheaths are enough to restore the impaired nervous system and can do so for years after the onset of disease, scientists have discovered.

A research group recorded the autonomic nervous system activity in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and healthy subjects using a wearable device and a proprietary smartphone ...

Space tourists' experience might be affected by how their parasympathetic nervous system functions, per study of novice passengers during and after zero-gravity parabolic flights ...

In a low-risk group of babies born full-term, the autonomic nervous system and cortical systems appear to function well regardless of whether infants were exposed to labor prior to birth." Sarah B ...