Nervous System

The origin of the human brain has been traced back to primitive central nervous systems in worms and bugs, researchers now say.

Research finds pedophiles tend to be shorter, suggesting it all boils down to biology.

Sea sponges have many of the genes needed to make a nervous system; despite not having any themselves.

As people age, neurons have to yell at the muscles to whip them into action, according to a small new study.

Rats on a road trip have underscored what scientists have long suspected about highway driving—car and truck exhaust is just as bad for your heart as it is for your lungs.

The chances of a child developing a brain tumor and cancer elsewhere in the nervous system increase with the more younger brothers and sisters one has.

Scientists find pain's pathway to the brain in rats, suggesting possible new drugs that could switch it off in people.

A new approach, tested so far only on rats, could replace current techniques that can lead to a loss of brain function.

New research suggests that the harder you train, the quicker your body recovers.

Scientists know very little about how pain works. But they do know it's a huge problem.