Animals and humans develop a certain tolerance to prolonged heat: the body adjusts to release heat instead of generating it, ...

In a Switzerland study, two people with spinal cord injuries received deep brain stimulation therapy and were able to walk ...

Two people with spinal cord injuries have regained the ability to walk after receiving the experimental treatment.

By applying deep brain stimulation (DBS) to an unexpected region in the brain—the lateral hypothalamus (LH)—the team has improved the recovery of lower limb movements in two individuals with partial ...

A team from EPFL and Lausanne University Hospital say that zapping the brain in an "unexpected" locale, the lateral ...

Electrically stimulating a particular region in the brain could help people with injured spinal cords walk more easily, ...

This new discovery is unexpected, scientists say, as they are targeting a part of the brain - the lateral hypothalamus - that ...

A new technique can improve the mobility of people who have an existing connection between their brain and spinal cord, ...

Endocrinologist whose insight into how the brain controls the endocrine system shaped our understanding of bodily functions.

Thomas and colleagues focused on investigating the hypothalamus, a brain region that regulates energy balance. They measured how gene expression shifts both seasonally in the shrew and between ...

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