Billy Joel has excess fluid in his brain -- a neurologist explains what happens when this protective liquid gets out of balance.

A new study published in Nature Neuroscience provides evidence that aging and injury lead to the buildup of senescent neurons ...

Each octopus arm has its own dense network of neurons, up to 350 million across all eight arms, that can work without the ...

For those seeking immediate nervous system regulation ... which subsequently enhances oxygen delivery to tissues upon the next inhale (known as the Bohr effect). Second, the holding phase requires ...

Your nervous system is your body's main communication ... Your spinal cord is a column of tissue that runs from the lower part of your brain to your lower back. It's a bundle of nerves and cells ...

Prior to this, we assumed there were no microglia-like cells outside the CNS (central nervous system ... Microglia, a subset of tissue resident immune cells discovered in 1919, have been ...

Microglia, also known as macrophages of the central nervous system (CNS), are specialized immune cells vital ... discovered microglia in human fetal skin, testicles, and heart tissue, raising the ...

connective tissue, and blood vessels in cancer growth but have only started to examine the role of nerves in the last two decades. "What's emerged recently is how advantageous the nervous system ...

When states of agitation are sustained, your body’s physiology causes physical damage to your tissues ... of the information going into your nervous system, and what you choose to input into ...

The autonomic nervous system is also divided into two parts ... Unlike white adipose tissue, which stores excess calories consumed, brown and beige adipocytes play a metabolically beneficial ...

Your sympathetic nervous system has nerve fibers in nearly every tissue and organ in your body. For example, it has nerves in your: Heart Lungs Liver Spleen Kidneys Your parasympathetic ...

A CNS-tissue biopsy showing vasculitis can provide ... 10 CNS denotes central nervous system, and NR not reported. Visual symptoms include visual-field defect, blurred vision, and decreased ...