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

The brain diagram, called a connectome, could revolutionize researchers' understanding of the human brain, which has many parallels with a fruit fly's ...

An overview of the general organization of the body introduces the course. Following a discussion of basic human chemistry, the anatomy and physiology of cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems are ...

Researchers Discover That Sustained Neck Exertions Change the Spine and Muscles ... blood stem cells that closely resemble those in the human body. And the discovery could soon lead to ...

The main function of the spinal cord is to carry nerve signals between your brain and the rest of your body. This includes motor commands and sensory information. The spinal cord also helps coordinate ...

The meninges of the brain and spinal cord are three layers of membranes: the dura mater, arachnoid mater, and pia mater. They create a cushion between the brain and the cranium (skull) and the spinal ...

In spinal cord injury (SCI), the severity of disease is quantified ... or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (120 pg/mL).12 Only limited human data is available beyond this time point: three of four ASIA A ...

neura.edu.au Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rapidly progressive neurodegenerative disorder of the motor neurons in the motor cortex, brainstem and spinal cord. A combination of upper and ...