Scientists have mapped an unprecedentedly large portion of the brain of a mouse. The cubic millimeter worth of brain tissue represents the largest piece of a brain we’ve ever un ...

Mesenchymal stem cells are the source of new bone, cartilage, and connective tissue cells. Neuronal stem cells produce a variety of nervous system tissue, mostly during early embryonic development ...

Scientists discover compounds in medicinal mushrooms that promise to slow Alzheimer's and Parkinson's with fewer serious side ...

Because, thanks to the integration of your nervous system with all your tissues and organs, your mind is effectively all over your body. Often, when people talk about the mind in terms of control ...

How do the biological tissues of our body support such rapid coordination of the brain, limbs, and sensory input? They do so with nervous system tissue that imitates electrical wiring. The nervous ...

The development of the nervous system is the ongoing biological process through which nervous tissue is generated and shaped in an embryo and in postnatal and adult organisms. Understanding the ...

The NeuroBioBank links six U.S. repositories through a common web portal; its member banks store tissue largely from neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders and neurodegenerative diseases other ...