The first stem cell culture method that produces a full model of the early stages of the human central nervous system has been developed by a team of engineers and biologists. The first stem cell ...

"Even though the hospital tests said there was nothing wrong, my body feels heavy as lead every day..." What if that inescapable malaise isn't due to a weakness of your mind, but simply because the ...

Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research have released the world’s first comprehensive human vagus nerve map.

Millions of neurons branch throughout our bodies, keeping them in close communication with our brains. This peripheral network begins to take shape long before birth, as the cells of a growing embryo ...

Researchers have used new imaging techniques to explore the function and structures of the neuro-cutaneous unit, which is the connection between the nervous system and the skin. The results may change ...

No less than 16 different types of nerve cells have been identified by scientists in a new study on the human sense of touch. Comparisons between humans, mice and macaques show both similarities and ...

Explore a clear and concise breakdown of how the human nervous system is structured and categorized into distinct functional divisions. This educational overview covers the primary separation between ...

A uniquely large dataset spanning cortex, brainstem, and spinal cord in 70 patients—released as the Precision system passes its 100th patient implantNEW YORK, Oct. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ...

This roadmap culminates years of dedicated research by the Feinstein Institutes. Publicly released in July with SPARC Science, the groundbreaking work was developed over three years by the ...

A study published in September in Nature by neuroscientist Sergiu Pașca’s group at Stanford University reports an experiment that sounds almost like science fiction. Human brain tissue grown from stem ...