Your brain contains billions of nerve cells called neurons that communicate with each other by sending and receiving electrical impulses. A seizure occurs when there is sudden abnormal electrical ...

Thank u, necks! Pressing a $269 electrical device against the vagus nerve in your neck may be the secret to good vibes and stellar sleep. Implantable vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) devices, which can ...

The vagus nerve is a key part of the parasympathetic nervous system influencing bodily functions like heart rate digestion ...

In 2017 he visited his GP and was diagnosed with Parkinson's. He was told there were medicines but no cure, but there was a ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about neuroscience and its intersection with technology. Deep brain stimulation is a surgically implantable medical device that ...

Treating the neurons and me — my mental states — in a synergistic way proved to speed up and enhance healing. It does for ...

Then, on January 8, Musk disclosed during an online interview that there was now a third person with an implant. “We’ve got ...

The retinas then convert the image into electrical impulses. These impulses are sent to your brain. Your brain "sees" the words and gives meaning to them. Your brain then decides whether or not to ...

A new class of non-opioid drugs treats pain by blocking signals before they reach the brain, reducing the risk of addiction.

A Massachusetts baby hears for the first time after receiving cochlear implants at UMass Memorial, transforming her world with sound.

Alexander Fleming’s moldy petri dish led him to discover penicillin; Isaac Newton’s observation of an apple falling from a tree led him to write the laws of motion and the universal law of gravitation ...