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 ...

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

A research team identified the brain's food-specific memory system and its direct role in ... profoundly impacting food intake and body weight. Can memory influence what and how much we eat?

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

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

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

Scientists have uncovered a crucial pathway that links brain cell activity to the activation of genes responsible for ...

And the CNS and PNS control voluntary and involuntary functions. The body’s voluntary (somatic) nervous system controls things a person is aware of and can control consciously, such as moving ...

Led by Monell Associate Member Guillaume de Lartigue, Ph.D., the research team identified, for the first time, the brain's food-specific memory system and ... food intake and body weight.

A lot of this has to do with how our body processes ... Inside the brain, alcohol binds to several different receptors, calming down the sympathetic nervous system, lowering stress, fear, and ...