A team has made a major breakthrough in the field of three-dimensional (3D) imaging of large-scale biological tissues. They ...

As a stand-alone condition, "ataxia is a degenerative disease of the nervous system," explains Andrew Rosen, chief executive officer of the National Ataxia Foundation.

The sympathetic nervous system controls the body's flight or fight mechanism. Learn about its vital functions, & how it regulates bodily processes.

The parasympathetic nervous system: Known as the rest and digest system, it plays an important role in counteracting the fight-or-flight response and regulating the body’s response to stress.

If you feel anxious for no reason, struggle to regulate your emotions, and often feel overwhelmed, you may have a dysregulated nervous system. This is often the result of childhood trauma or other ...

Do We Actually Inherit Our Mom's Nervous System? Potentially. "If you are biologically related to your parents, we have a 50/50 chance of inheriting their genetic makeup," says Natalie Jones, PsyD ...

Robot with digital nervous system learns ‘like a human’ in world first. IntuiCell says technology represents ‘paradigm shift’ in AI and robotics than can scale to human-level intelligence.

Primary central nervous system (CNS) vasculitis, also known as primary angiitis of the CNS, is a rare form of vasculitis that is limited to the brain and spinal cord and causes a variety of ...

NPR's podcast Short Wave brings the stories of a newly identified deep sea creature, the benefits of exercise for healing our nervous system and science-backed tips for holiday eating.