In A Nutshell For the first time in humans, scientists decoded intended movements across all three joints of a missing leg, ...

Your nerves transmit messages within the brain, as well as among the brain, spinal cord, and the body. In order to do this, they use a combination of electrical and chemical signaling. Motor neurons ...

Researchers have identified a previously overlooked neural pathway that helps control human hand and arm movements. The ...

Mutations that cause spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) may lead to abnormalities in the development of cells in the spinal cord, a study found.

The results of newly reported preclinical research indicate that a genetic mutation that helps animals including yaks and Tibetan antelopes survive at high altitudes may hold the key to repairing ...

Mutation found in high-altitude animals may help repair myelin damage and support new treatments for neurological disorders ...