New study shows plastic accumulates in the brain, as well as other body parts. Scientists don't know what impact it has if ...

The locus coeruleus is emerging as a major new area of research interest, with many important functions such as regulating ...

Human brains today contain 50% more plastic than in 2016, a new study found. Brain of people diagnosed with dementia had the ...

The brain of humans and other animals is known to contribute to the protection of the body from infections. Past studies have ...

The connection between the body and the brain has preoccupied philosophers and researchers for thousands of years. A new study at the University of Haifa has now identified a neural circuit that ...

New research shows that a network of subcellular structures similar to those responsible for propagating molecular signals that make muscles contract are also responsible for transmitting signals in ...

Belief is your safe passage—the door through which all healing resides. Why? Because your perception is your reality. Believing in the science of TMS ( tension myositis syndrome) sends a message of ...

New research reveals that brain cells use a muscle-like signaling mechanism to relay information over long distances.

This influx of calcium at the contact site attracts and activates a kinase called CaMKII, a protein known to be important in ...

Should you take a vitamin B complex supplement with all eight B vitamins or a supplement with B12 alone? This article helps ...

The new research reveals a novel mechanism for signal transmission in brain cells and helps answer an open question in neuroscience about how intracellular signals travel over long distances in ...

Stress has a huge impact on the way our skin ages. Stress hormones speed up the ageing process, causing more fine lines and wrinkles.