The research, in which the professor of the Department of Surgery of the University of Valencia Rafael Badenes has taken part, reveals that the traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects to a greater extent people over 65 years with comorbidities. This contrasts with the fact that, until now, this ailment was related to young men and in good health. The study […]

Exposure to nicotine during development inhibits the function of neurons controlling the tongue, according to research in newborn rats recently published in eNeuro. This impairment may be a factor in sudden infant death syndrome in humans. The hypoglossal nerve activates the muscles of the tongue. Wollman et al. exposed rats to nicotine in the womb and during the first few […]

Neuroblastoma is the most common cancer outside of the brain in infants and young children and often fails to respond to therapy. Though it can appear in several areas of the body, it commonly develops as a solid tumor most frequently found in or adjacent to the adrenal glands, which sit atop the kidneys. Patients diagnosed with high-risk neuroblastoma typically […]

Anyone who has ever tried to serve a tennis ball or flip a pancake or even play a video game knows, it is hard to perform the same motion over and over again. But don’t beat yourself up—errors resulting from variability in motor function is a feature, not a bug, of our nervous system and play a critical role in […]