Your nervous system is composed of a network of nerves and nerve cells that carry messages to and from the brain and spinal cord and the rest of the body. A nerve is a bundle of fibers that ...

With the aid of a 3D printer, researchers at Uppsala University have succeeded in creating a model that resembles human nerve ...

The human neurons made “tens of thousands” of nerve connections that grew almost the entire length of the rats’ damaged spinal cords. When the human neurons were transplanted into the ...

UT Dallas researchers paired rehab with vagus nerve stimulation to help people with spinal cord injuries regain arm and hand ...

Simon noted that human spinal nerves and the spaces between them are also larger. "In some ways, designing for humans is easier," he said. The research is published today (May 8) in the journal ...

Your spinal cord is a glistening white bundle of nerves, which runs from your brain down a canal in your backbone. It's roughly 40cm long and about as wide as your thumb for most of its length.

In humans, a spinal cord injury can be completely life ... the findings in zebrafish to what is happening in mouse and human nerve tissue. Laura is Popular Science’s news editor, overseeing ...

The brain is the most complex organ in the human body ... From the brainstem, where the spinal cord meets the brain, 31 spinal nerves enter the cord. Along its length, it connects with the ...

Pandora Dewan is a Senior Science Reporter at Newsweek based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on science, health and technology. Pandora joined Newsweek in 2022 and previously worked as the ...

Capogrosso is co-corresponding author of the team’s published study report in Nature Medicine, titled “First-in-human study of ... dysfunction in spinal nerve circuitry may contribute to ...