The developing nervous system of vertebrates initially generates an excess of neurons.

A Rutgers College of Nursing emerita faculty member has co-authored a book that explains, for the first time, the complex biological process behind orgasm.

St. Jude researchers show genetically modified stem cells in the nervous system actively seek out even tiny tumors

For the inexperienced traveler, Aubrey Gilbert's "whirlwind tour of your nervous system" blows past the hippocampus and cortex of the frontal lobes like a five-day package excursion through the great cities of Europe.

Scientists at the University of Leicester are to gain a greater insight into the workings of the human mind through the study of a snail's brain.

Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in collaboration with scientists at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) took a high resolution "action shot" of a protein switch that plays a crucial role in the development of the nervous system.