If your body is a performance center, then your nervous system is the invisible stage manager. It keeps your body running in ...

Understanding how the nervous system influences cancer growth, spread, and immune responses is a burgeoning field in cancer ...

Ascidians, also known as sea squirts, are the evolutionary link between vertebrates and invertebrates, making them valuable subjects of biological studies. For the first time, researchers at Ruhr ...

Social media hype about the vagus nerve tends to be oversimplified. The truth is more complex — and more interesting.

There is something strangely unsettling about an eye that refuses to stay still. It starts as a tiny flutter near the eyelid.

HRV devices can tell you when your nervous system is stressed, but auricular vagus nerve stimulation wearables are designed to actively improve it.

Think of the woman in your friend group who is a natural communicator—she always knows everything that’s happening and passes on the best facts (and juiciest gossip). Your body contains its own type ...

It is not simply a system for thinking; it is the body’s main source of control and communication. The nervous system is ...

The element sodium plays a key role in nervous system function. An international research team headed by the Institute of ...

The vagus nerve is also involved in communication between the brain and digestive system, sometimes called the "gut-brain ...