The peripheral nervous system (PNS) is the system of nerves and ganglia outside the brain and spinal cord. The PNS consists of the peripheral nerves, neuromuscular junctions, cranial nerves, and ...

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 ...

A team has made a major breakthrough in the field of three-dimensional (3D) imaging of large-scale biological tissues. They developed the world's fastest high-definition 3D imaging technology for the ...

In a study published in Cell, a research team led by Prof. Li Hanjie from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has revealed the presence of ...

Diseases of the nervous system refer to disorders that affect any part of the central nervous system (brain, spinal cord or cranial nerves) or peripheral nervous system.

Demyelinating disorders have traditionally been viewed through the lens of central nervous system pathology, yet growing evidence highlights substantial peripheral nervous system (PNS) involvement ...

This educational video explores how a bacterial infection from a tick bite can progress from localized skin symptoms into Lyme neuroborreliosis, significantly impacting the central and peripheral ...

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 ...

QurCan Therapeutics (“QurCan”), a biotechnology company pioneering non-viral, polymer-lipid nanoparticle (PLNP) delivery of genetic medicines through its proprietary TERP™ (Target-Engineered ...

With terrifyingly sharp teeth arranged around a circular mouth, lampreys look about as primitive a vertebrate as you could imagine. But a new study finds that the animals have a surprising similarity ...