An interaction between two proteins points to a molecular basis for memory. But how do memories last when the molecules that ...

Electrical signaling is known as the means for inter-cellular connectivity among neural cells. However, there are some indications that optical phenomena can occur in the neuronal cells based on ...

This new i2CS method overcomes this limitation by allowing precise targeting of specific fiber populations within the nerve. i2CS uses the principle of temporal interference, where two slightly ...

Using a piece of that mouse’s brain about the size of a poppy seed, the researchers identified those neurons and traced how they communicated via branch-like fibers through a surprising 500 ...

Trigeminal nerve anatomy begins in the brain and extends all over the head and face. The sensory component of this nerve emerges near the part of the hindbrain called the pons.

All this action takes place in the nasal cavity, though the olfactory nerve comes from your brain. There are 20 or more branches of your olfactory nerve in the roof of your nasal cavity.

Medically reviewed by Mallory Christopherson DC, FMT, CSCS Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease caused by repeated traumatic brain injuries. About 17% of people with ...

It’s impossible to overstate the importance of our brain. The organ, housed inside the skull and protected by a bony covering called the cranium, controls thought, memory, emotion, vision, and ...

Zen types will tell you to accept the itch, to meditate on it, as you might do if you were in pain. These people have no idea what they are talking about. Watching someone scratch makes you itchy; ...

The vagus nerve originates from four clusters of neurons in the brain’s medulla, where the brainstem attaches to the spinal cord. Most nerves in our body branch directly from the spinal cord ...

The 12 cranial nerves exist in symmetric pairs that emerge from the brain itself, as opposed to the rest of your nerves, which branch off from the spinal cord. As most of the cranial nerves do, the ...