The meninges are identified by the part of the body they cover. The portion that surrounds the brain is the cranial meninges. The portion covering the spinal cord is the spinal meninges.

The brain is the part of the central nervous system that is contained within the skull. It is responsible for executive and cognitive functions and regulates the functioning of the other parts of ...

Your nervous system is a network that sends signals between your brain and other parts of your body to control your body's movements and processes. This system includes your brain, spinal cord ...

The nervous system is a complex network of neurons and cells that carry messages to and from the brain and spinal cord to various parts of the body. Cardiovascular diseases remain a leading cause ...

Diseases of the nervous system refer to disorders that affect any part of the central nervous system (brain, spinal cord or cranial nerves) or peripheral nervous system. In this issue, Alsema ...

For many years, scientists have known that the Herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1), which causes cold sores, can take up residence ...

Researchers from the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) analyzed the brain MRIs of 352 amateur soccer players, aged ...

Researchers from the University of Gothenburg are the first to prove that painful stimuli are sent to the brain of shore ...

Crabs are one of the only consumable creatures not protected by animal welfare laws, meaning it is legal to butcher and kill ...

An international team of researchers has discovered a new component of the peripheral nervous system that acts by increasing energy metabolism in the body.