Your brain gets all the glory while your other nervous system, the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) toils away in thankless obscurity. What’s the PNS? Oh, merely the neurons that live outside of your ...

Tumors do not communicate only with immune cells, blood vessels, and stromal tissue. A growing body of evidence suggests that cancer can also co-opt the nervous system, reshaping the tumor ...

Each year, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), millions of people in the U.S. are affected by spinal cord and traumatic brain injuries, along with neuro-developmental and ...

Neuroimmunology has rapidly evolved as a critical field for understanding how inflammatory and immune processes shape the pathophysiology of brain ...

Groundbreaking study in The American Journal of Pathology reveals how infected immune cells travel from the brain through the body, potentially reseeding HIV and sustaining inflammation The CNS has ...

An international team of researchers has discovered a new component of the peripheral nervous system that acts by increasing energy metabolism in the body. The finding paves the way for the ...

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. Billions of nerve cells send signals coursing through our bodies, serving as conduits ...

Changes within the central nervous system, including the brain and spinal cord, can be a key reason for pain in people with ...