Researchers have gained comprehensive insights into the entire nervous system of the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster). The study describes in detail the neurons that span the entire nervous system ...

The peripheral nervous system is the part of the nervous system outside the brain and spinal cord. It consists of nerves that carry information between the central nervous system and the ...

Cell death in the nervous system refers to the death of living neurons. Cell death can occur by mechanisms such as apoptosis or programmed cell death, in which death occurs by a characteristic ...