Movement is a complex process governed by a network of neuronal circuits spread across multiple regions of the nervous system ...

The pons is the middle portion. At the bottom, connecting to the spinal cord, is the medulla oblongata. Due to its location, the medulla oblongata plays a major part in your nervous system.

A team of researchers at Rowan University has developed an injectable biomaterial that could significantly improve recovery ...

The medulla oblongata connects your brainstem to your spinal cord and helps control many of your body's vital functions, such as breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure.

Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — The Changes in the Spinal Cord and Medulla in Pernicious Anemia ...

The central nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord. The central nervous system controls thought, movement, and emotion, as well as breathing, heart rate, hormones, and body temperature.

The discovery opens up new avenues for treating patients in recovery from spinal cord injuries.

This recent study offers new, valuable insight into the contribution of neural ensembles in the spinal cord of mice to the animals' encoding of pain of a heat-related and mechanical origin.

To understand brain tumours it helps to know about the different parts of the brain and spinal cord.