The peripheral nervous system is the part of the nervous system outside the brain and spinal cord. It consists of nerves that carry information between the central nervous system and the ...

Scientists have identified two types of brain cells in the abdomen that appear to control different aspects of digestion.

Comprised of all the nerves in the body outside of the brain and spinal cord, the peripheral nervous system has two vital ...

An international team of researchers has discovered a new component of the peripheral nervous system that acts by increasing energy metabolism in the body.

It also adds to the evidence that neurons in the body can take on specialized functions, "just like in the brain," says Yuki ...

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. Substance-use disorders ...

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have demonstrated that the brain's ability to learn certain skills can be ...

The nervous system is divided broadly into two categories: the peripheral nervous system and the central nervous system. Neurons generate and conduct impulses between and within the two systems.

The brain and spinal cord are your body’s central nervous system. The brain is the command center for your body, and the spinal cord is the pathway for messages sent by the brain to the body and from ...

Robert Fledrich, neuroscientist and professor at the Institute of Anatomy at Leipzig University’s Faculty of Medicine, has ...