There is a truth universally acknowledged that kids need sleep, a lot of sleep. Yet, most adolescents fall short of the eight ...

Inside MIT's Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center, on the springy blue mat of the gymnastics room, an unconventional anatomy lesson unfolded during an ...

The ‘electric pill’ for the parasympathetic nervous system The vagus nerve plays an important role in our body: it is the longest nerve of the parasympathetic nervous system, the part of the ...

The vagus nerve is so named because it “wanders” like a vagabond, sending out sensory fibers from your brainstem to your ...

I have discussed this before in an article a few years ago, about a specific condition, but I think it is time to review it ...

The nervous system is a complex network of neurons and cells that carry messages to and from the brain and spinal cord to various parts of the body. A sponge-like implant in mice helped guide a ...

Our main goal in neuroscience is advancing the understanding of the human nervous system and the mechanisms behind its disorders. However, many invasive ...

The slow breath holding allows carbon dioxide (CO2) to temporarily build in your blood, decreasing your heart rate and stimulating your parasympathetic nervous system, according to the American ...

It encompasses the evolution, development, cellular and molecular biology, physiology, anatomy and pharmacology of the nervous system, as well as computational, behavioural and cognitive neuroscience.

HIGH in the achievements of modern Spain must be ranked the development of a school of biological science which evolved from the work of the Madrid histologist, Prof. Ramón y Cajal. His ...

President Donald Trump added to those concerns Thursday when he blamed the midair collision on the “obsolete” air traffic control system that airports rely on and promised to replace it.

Your immune system includes your body's cells, tissues, and organs, which work together to fight off infections and diseases. But how much do you know about it? When you understand everything that ...