Kidney and nerve tissue cells can form memories much like brain cells, one new study has found. Another recent study says ...

A gesture as simple as a smile can often convey what words cannot. This is part of why nonverbal communication is so central ...

The Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) are part of the ...

Scientists have officially grown a notochord—the tissues that act as the “GPS for the developing embryo” by guiding the ...

Nerve pain is distinct from typical tissue pain. When you have tissue pain, like falling down or getting a cut, your nerves deliver the pain message to your brain. But when the nerves themselves ...

How do the biological tissues of our body support such rapid coordination of the brain, limbs, and sensory input? They do so with nervous system tissue that imitates electrical wiring. The nervous ...

The development of the nervous system is the ongoing biological process through which nervous tissue is generated and shaped in an embryo and in postnatal and adult organisms. Understanding the ...