Researchers have systematically detailed, step by step, how cognitive maps form in the brain's hippocampus -- a region responsible for learning and memory.

Researchers have discovered a new type of neuron that plays a fundamental role in recognition memory -- how the brain registers the difference between new and familiar objects and forms long-term ...

Experts weigh in on their stress-reducing and mental health benefits - Can a small vibrating device really ease stress and ...

Bristol Palin is letting fans in on her health journey amid a recent medical scare. The "Teen Mom OG" alum and daughter of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin revealed on social media Wednesday ...

When you feel pain from a hot pan or a sharp pin, you are sending sensory information via sensory neurons up to the brain. The flow of electrical impulses is directed from the source of the pain along ...

The nervous system is the body’s direct communication system. It’s made up of the body’s many nerve cells. These cells work together in a network that sends and receives signals from one ...

Have you ever ridden a horse in a bitless bridle and would you consider doing so if you don’t already? Few things cause more division and controversy than the subject of riding in a bitless bridle, ...

“Norepinephrine is released from a small area of the brain in the brain stem,” Hauglund says. “It is mainly known as a response to stressful situations. For example, in fight or flight ...

While the central nervous system is comprised of the brain and spinal cord, the peripheral nervous system is made up of all nerves branching ... and the Center for Stem Cell Biology at Sloan ...

Now, scientists at Gladstone Institutes and the regenerative medicine company SanBio have shown that a cell therapy derived from stem cells can restore normal patterns of brain activity after a stroke ...