Exercise prompts muscles to release molecular cargo that boosts brain cell function and connection, but the process is not well understood. New research from the University of Illinois ...

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The vagus nerve connects the brain to major organs throughout the body and plays important roles in many bodily functions. For people with mobility issues participating in physical therapy, ...

For millions worldwide, herpes zoster pain does not end when the rash fades. Postherpetic neuralgia can last for years or ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine, researchers examine clinical glioblastoma and benign intracranial samples to determine the presence and function of immune cells in the ...

Acetaminophen may be doing more than just dulling pain in your brain it could be stopping it before it even starts. Scientists at Hebrew University have discovered that a metabolite of the drug, AM404 ...

Ian Burkhart was on holiday with friends in 2010 when his life changed forever. He dived into shallow water and broke his neck, leaving him paralysed from the shoulders down at the age of 19. “At that ...

The human brain, as the seat of mental life—from the most complicated intellectual processes down to routine and unconscious bodily control—is necessarily enormously complex. The largest part of the ...

Nipah virus is often described through its most devastating outcome like encephalitis or inflammation of the brain. It is accurate, but incomplete. In some patients, neurological injury can extend ...