When a mouse’s brain undergoes traumatic injury, immune cells clear the dead from the affected area, after which blood cells swoop in to repair blood vessels.

Ben Barres of Stanford University described glia’s roles in ensuring neurons’ proper synapse formation and in responding to brain injury.

Low-intensity activation of the vagus nerve appears to have increased a patient’s awareness of his surroundings after 15 years without communication.

The football league and the government agency part ways over how the money should be used.

Newborns deprived of oxygen have their temperatures lowered to protect against brain damage, but it’s hard to decipher the babies’ immediate response to the intervention.

Meet one child saved from brain damage by cooling therapy.

Patients infected with the virus can develop a condition similar to multiple sclerosis, a small study suggests.

Link to microcephaly questioned; vaccine timeline expedited; thousands of Zika-exposed pregnancies reported in Colombia

Health officials expect the virus to spread to nearly all countries in the Americas and expand warnings for pregnant women.