Like a highway system, the vagus nerve branches profusely from your brain through your organs to marshal bodily functions, ...

Jason George and Kali Rocha returned to 'Grey's Anatomy' as the ripple effects of Meredith’s secret research being discovered ...

How familiar are you with the concept of animal cruelty? While many people associate cruelty primarily with human behavi ...

David Julius and Wendy Yue have discovered a natural mechanism that could help reduce scarring after a spinal cord injury.

How did the bodies of animals, including ours, become such fine-tuned movement machines? How vertebrates coordinate the eternal tug-o-war between involuntary reflexes and seamless voluntary movements ...

Pain from conditions such as endometriosis could be alleviated if the gut’s resident bacteria can be understood and tamed.

Last year, the American Association for Anatomy released guidelines for human body donation stating that “programs ... its ...

Spine biologics is a realm ripe for exploration of its potential and applications in patient care. Five spine surgeons share where they want to see more research in regenerative medicine. Question: ...

After a spinal cord injury, nearby cells quickly rush to action, forming protective scar tissue around the damaged area to ...

Among other winners of the Nikon Small World in Motion competition are videos of a fruit fly embryo and of water droplets ...

A drug called bumetanide, which is used to treat edema in people, reduced this cellular swelling and resulting cell death in mice. Mice given the drug after an injury were better able to move their ...