Background: Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is a rare demyelinating disease of the central nervous system usually ...

These changes aren’t permanent – the brain goes gradually back to normal after coming back to Earth. Understanding the ...

Neurites include axons, which are often severed during spinal cord injuries. When axons are cut, communication between ...

Scientists at Cedars-Sinai have uncovered a surprising repair system in the spinal cord that could open new doors for treating paralysis, stroke, and diseases like multiple sclerosis. They found that ...

Head and neck cancer (HNC) is one of the most common malignancies worldwide, with high morbidity and mortality rates.

The signals that drive many of the brain and body's most essential functions—consciousness, sleep, breathing, heart rate and motion—course through bundles of "white matter" fibers in the brainstem, ...