Rethinking metastatic brain cancer as a central nervous system disease
A Personal View published in The Lancet Oncology challenges the long-standing perception of metastatic brain cancer, calling ...
Nature12d
Diseases of the nervous system articles from across Nature Portfolio
During the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease (PD), α-synuclein pathology may originate in peripheral organs and spread to the CNS. Using human tissue samples and multiple approaches in mouse ...
Healthline15d
11 Interesting Facts About the Brain and Nervous System
The nervous system is the body’s direct communication system. It’s made up of the body’s many nerve cells. These cells work together in a network that sends and receives signals from one ...
verywellhealth16d
9 Types of Brain Parasites
Parasitic infections can invade practically any part of the body. Brain parasites, those that infect the central nervous system which includes the brain, are potentially the most damaging and the most ...
Phys.org21d
Octopus arms have segmented nervous systems to power extraordinary movements
New research from the University of Chicago revealed that the nervous system circuitry that controls arm movement in octopuses is segmented, giving these extraordinary creatures precise control ...
Science Daily21d
Octopus arms have segmented nervous systems to power extraordinary movements
Octopus arms have segmented nervous systems to power extraordinary movements The large nerve cord running down each octopus arm is separated into segments, giving it precise control over movements ...
ScienceAlert21d
Octopus Arms Are Controlled by a Nervous System That's Like No Other
The fine control these almost-alien animals have over each of their eight arms is at least partially down to the segmentation of the nervous system circuitry that governs it. This discovery by ...
gadgets36022d
Fossils Reveal Evolution of Early Nervous Systems in Ecdysozoans
Cambrian fossils reveal ventral nerve cord structure in early ecdysozo Single ventral nerve cord identified as ancestral nervous system desig Paired nerve cords evolved later, aiding segmentation and ...
Queen Mary University of London23d
New fossil discovery sheds light on the early evolution of animal nervous systems
An international team of scientists has uncovered a fascinating piece of the evolutionary puzzle: how the ventral nerve cord, a key component of the central nervous system, evolved in ecdysozoan ...
SciTech Daily25d
Primitive “Nervous System” Found in Closest Relatives of Animals
This discovery sheds light on the early evolution of multicellular communication and the origins of animal nervous systems. Researchers from the Burkhardt group at the Michael Sars Centre, University ...
Phys.org26d
Fossil discovery sheds light on the early evolution of animal nervous systems
An international team of scientists has uncovered a fascinating piece of the evolutionary puzzle: how the ventral nerve cord, a key component of the central nervous system, evolved in ecdysozoan ...