A team of scientists led by a Brown professor is conducting research that could lead to the regeneration of injured nerve cells and renewed feeling in numb, damaged body parts. Headed by Associate ...

Gardenias are popular flowers worldwide; they include 140 tree and shrub species, and are native to Asia, Africa, and islands in the Pacific. They have also been used in Chinese medicine for thousands ...

That’s because the Schwann cells responsible for regeneration stop providing support after about three months. If the restoration of nerve function, called reinnervation, hasn’t happened in that time, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Billions of nerve cells send signals coursing through our bodies, serving as conduits through which the brain performs its ...

Injuries in the central nervous system heal poorly because cavities scar. Researchers hope to remedy this problem by filling the cavities in such a way that stem cells feel comfortable in them.

Nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord are wrapped in an insulating sheath known as myelin. For a long time, this barrier, which is essentially the brain's white matter, was believed to serve the ...

The peripheral nervous system includes the nerves that connect the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body. Peripheral neurons can be extraordinarily large, with their extensions reaching up to ...

Our eyes could potentially be coaxed into a special repair mode above and beyond our natural self-healing abilities, according to a new study, thanks to the delivery of antibodies that trigger nerve ...

CHICAGO, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Scientists have found a way to get damaged nerve cells in the brains of mice to repair themselves, a finding that may lead to new treatments for spinal cord and brain ...

LONDON Manipulating the integrin gene can dramatically switch adult neurons on to regenerate. In 1 July Journal of Neuroscience, Maureen Condic shows that injured adult neurons engineered to express ...