Humans and other animal species can experience many types of pain throughout the course of their lives, varying in intensity, unpleasantness and origin. Several past neuroscience studies have explored ...

Practice—that is, repetitive training—matters in healing brain injury. Repeated intensive training can be accompanied by brain reorganization.

Animal and human studies also have found that concussions injure axons, the long extensions on neurons that convey signals to neighboring neurons. This may cause a range of issues, including loss ...

Neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's involve progressive neuronal loss due to ...

New research shows that the adult brain can generate new neurons that integrate into key motor circuits, findings that may point to a new way to treat neurogenerative disorders.

Researchers from the University of New Hampshire looked at the developmental process of the cerebral cortex—the outermost layer of the brain—and examined how neurons, or nerve cells ...

Restoring optimal functioning after pediatric concussion may take longer than conventionally thought — at least 3 months, especially for girls — when several outcome domains are part of the ...

Such neurons could be used to treat spinal cord injuries or diseases such as ALS. Converting one type of cell to another -- for example, a skin cell to a neuron -- can be done through a process ...

By treating mice that have suffered a brain injury using diterpenes as drugs, the newly generated neurons are able to move to the damaged region, where they can repopulate the tissue that has lost ...