In diabetes, much attention goes to sugar control, insulin levels, and the threat of nerve damage. But a new study reveals ...

Diabetes affects millions worldwide, causing both nerve and metabolic complications. A recent study suggests that diabetic nerve damage may also lead to impaired bone health. Using a mouse model of ...

When electrical activity travels across the brain, it moves like ripples on a pond. The motion of these "brain waves," first ...

June 2, 2021 — Nerve cells of the vagus nerve fulfill opposing tasks. The gut and the brain communicate with each other in order to adapt satiety and blood sugar levels during food consumption ...

Diabetes affects millions worldwide, causing both nerve and metabolic complications. A recent study suggests that diabetic nerve damage may also lead to impaired bone health.

It is the most common type of glaucoma, a set of eye diseases that affect the eye's optic nerve. The optic nerve is located at the back of the eye and sends visual messages to the brain.

A popular weight-loss drug may be changing how doctors treat obesity—but scientists are just starting to uncover exactly how it works inside the brain. A group of researchers from the University ...

Scientists have successfully grown over 400 different types of nerve cells from stem cells in the lab—a groundbreaking step toward replicating the complexity of the human brain.

Regulatory T cells (Tregs) in the brain's protective layers have roles beyond inflammation control, acting as gatekeepers and aiding nerve cell renewal in memory-related regions.

What’s more, these cells are everywhere. Estimates vary, but astrocytes may constitute about 20 percent of brain cells, says Kevin Guttenplan, a coauthor of one of the new studies and ...

Cancer researchers first found nerve cells in tumours in the late 1890s, but this insight was shelved for more than a century.Then, pathologist Gustavo Ayala, now at the University of Texas Health ...

A specific group of nerve cells in the brain stem appears to control how semaglutide affects appetite and weight – without causing nausea. The discovery, made at the University of Gothenburg ...