A new study reveals that nerve cells receive periodic infusions of mitochondria from neighboring cells — and this may point ...

But the vagus nerve can also be stimulated via the skin, usually in or around the left ear, using small electrical pulses ...

Transferring mitochondria, or the glial cells that produce them, to mice with nerve damage mitigated pain, suggesting a ...

For millions living with nerve pain, even a light touch can feel unbearable. Scientists have long suspected that damaged ...

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that targeting a specific immune process ...

A new study suggests the vagus nerve may be one of the heart’s most important defenders against aging. Researchers found that ...

Billions of nerve cells send signals coursing through our bodies, serving as conduits through which the brain performs its essential functions. For millennia physicians thought damage to nerves was ...

Doctors at Vanderbilt Health have successfully used a fluorescent imaging agent called bevonescein to protect vital nerves ...

Surgeons say a fluorescent agent could reduce nerve damage during complex procedures affecting speech and swallowing.

Exercise can have benefits at the level of neurons, through chemical and mechanical effects, researchers find. The discovery could inform exercise-related therapies for repairing damaged and ...

A single nerve injury can quietly reshape the immune system across the entire body. Preclinical research from McGill ...

In jellyfish and sea anemones, neurons accumulate DNA damage while animals are awake and repair that damage during sleep.