Changes to just three genetic letters among billions led to evolution and development of the mammalian motor sensory network, and laid the groundwork for the defining characteristics of the human brain.

Swiss scientists on Thursday said they have given paralyzed rats the ability to walk again through a combination of spinal cord stimulation and robotic therapy.

OULU, Finland, May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- - Brand new research findings from Finland published in a peer-reviewed medical journal A recent placebo-controlled

Research from Karolinska Institutet shows that the human olfactory bulb - a structure in the brain that processes sensory input from the nose - differs from that of other mammals in that no new neurons are formed in this area after birth.

Brains that maintain healthy nerve connections as we age help keep us sharp in later life.