The National Academies’ Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous Systems Disorders hosted a workshop on September 10, 2024, they brought together diverse perspectives to examine the promising but ...

Sleep is a complex biological process, with numerous evolutionarily-gained functions. Despite its indisputable biological importance, much remains unknown about sleep, including the bidirectional ...

Chronic inflammatory disorders of the central nervous system (CNS) encompass a diverse group of immune-mediated conditions characterised by persistent infiltration of immune cells, disruption of ...

The enteric nervous system (ENS) comprises an extensive network of neurons and glia embedded within the gastrointestinal wall that governs motility, secretion and blood flow. In neurodegenerative ...

A peer-reviewed study in Brain Medicine reveals that parasympathetic and sympathetic imbalances, long overlooked in psychiatric practice, may account for depressive symptoms in patients who never ...

Idiopathic hypersomnia is a chronic sleep-wake disorder that causes you to feel excessively sleepy during the day, even with a full night’s sleep. Most people experience daytime sleepiness at some ...

Chronic migraines, back pain, and irritable bowel syndrome are types of central sensitization syndromes (CSS). CSS affects upwards of 30 million adults in the United States. They are a common reason ...

Builds on positive Phase I safety data and represents a key value-inflection milestone for the CompanyAdvances a potentially ...

July 16, 2024 — Neurologic symptoms of long COVID are vast, common, hard to treat, disabling, and can mimic dozens of other syndromes, with some symptoms as serious as those seen in myalgic ...

Hormones are a crucial part of the body's signaling system, and the controlled release of these compounds affects tissues around the body. Each of these hormones induces specific responses from these ...