"Experiments to run AI using human brain cells are underway"—it sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie, but this is ...

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand different types of nerve cell in the human brain according to the latest ...

The retina is often referred to as an "outpost of the brain"—after all, important steps in visual signal processing do not take place in the cerebrum, but in the nerve cells in the eye. When light ...

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to a green alga: its light sensor switches nerve cells on and may soon restore some vision to the blind.

Unlike the brain and spinal cord, peripheral nerve cells, whose long extensions reach the skin and internal organs, are capable of regenerating after injury. This is why injuries to the central ...

University of South Carolina neuroscientists have discovered how one common protein helps damaged nerves to heal. Coincidentally, it’s the same protein best known for breaking down nerve cells. Ashley ...