Background: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a multisystem medical condition with heterogeneous symptom expression. Currently, there is no effective cure or treatment for ...

Translating the behavioural output of the nervous system into movement involves interaction between brain and spinal cord. The brainstem provides an essential bridge between the two structures, but ...

Chronic pain associated with fibromyalgia (FM) affects a large portion of the population but the underlying mechanisms leading to this altered pain are still poorly understood. Evidence suggests that ...

The evolutionarily ancient part of the brain that controls breathing and heart rate also regulates the immune system — a discovery about the brain-body axis made by experts on taste. Last month, ...

A brainstem is a small, hidden piece of brain that does not get as much love as it should. Even with the recent explosion in brain research, other parts of the brain get more attention and therefore ...

aDepartment of Neurology and Centre for Experimental Neurological Therapy, S Andrea Hospital, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy A 20-year-old man was admitted to hospital in May, 1998, ...

The brainstem plays a crucial role in sleep-wake regulation. However, the ensemble dynamics underlying sleep regulation remain poorly understood. Here, we show slow, state-predictive brainstem ...

The brainstem is a roughly 3-inch structure in the brain, composed of three sections. The brainstem is key to functions that include heart and breathing rate, as well as coordination, balance, taste ...

Brainstem tuberculoma is diagnostically challenging as it lacks clinical clues and imaging mimics a high-grade glioma (HGG). We report the case of an adolescent girl diagnosed with brainstem HGG, who ...