A team has developed a soft, thin-film ABI. The device uses micrometer-scale platinum electrodes embedded in silicone, forming a pliable array just a fraction of a millimeter thick. This novel ...

Medical experts at Shanghai Ruijin Hospital talk about cutting-edge treatment explorations in the Parkinson's disease area to ...

"Our vagus nerve really affects a lot of things," Dr. Allyson Coffin said. "If it's off balance, you will notice." ...

Motor impairments remain a leading cause of long-term disability after stroke, with prior studies suggesting tDCS—a noninvasive brain stimulation technique—might augment rehabilitation. This ...

"Our study shows how different cell types arise from stem cells in the embryo and how they are organized to create important structures in the brain," explains Emma Andersson, docent at the ...

Exclusion criteria included: patients with brain (cerebrum) or spinal cord onset, patients who suffered from simultaneous optic nerve and other cranial nerve dysfunction at onset, patient with missing ...

Researchers can now generate brain cells from patients using stem cells, which gives them a clearer understanding of how schizophrenia develops Individuals with schizophrenia may have abnormally ...

FRANKFORT, Ky., March 27, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The National Stem Cell Foundation (NSCF), a leading funder of space-based research on brain cells to fight neurodegenerative conditions like ...

It could help with nerve repair, brain-computer links, and electronics. Artificial nerve based on n-type sv-OECTs. Credit: Nature Electronics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41928-025-01357-7 Researchers from ...

Dear Doctors: I keep reading about how the vagus nerve has a lot to do with things like mood, digestion and keeping your brain healthy. Where is it located? Supposedly there is even a kind of ...

Helmrath and colleagues placed human pluripotent stem cells in a biochemical bath to form intestinal tissue, and then engineered a nervous system from embryonic nerve cells in a separate petri dish.