Every other Friday, the Outside/In team answers one listener question about the natural world. This week, Monica in West Hartford, CT asked, “We’ve all heard the phrase, ‘take a deep breath,’ and ...

How Does the Nervous System Work? The messages traveling in your nerves are sent through billions of nerve cells called neurons. The spaces between these cells are called synapses. The cells are ...

The peripheral nervous system (PNS) is the system of nerves and ganglia outside the brain and spinal cord. The PNS consists of the peripheral nerves, neuromuscular junctions, cranial nerves, and ...

Stretching can be helpful, but it’s often not the full answer. If your nervous system is stuck in fight or flight, muscles ...

Interested in how the nervous system shapes movement and balance? Join us to study real-time brain–muscle interactions in aging and stroke. Many people after stroke, and even healthy older adults, ...

Sexuality is about more than just libido or chemistry—other core factors play a role, yet are often overlooked.