Like a highway system, the vagus nerve branches profusely from your brain through your organs to marshal bodily functions, ...

Bacterial pneumonia and sepsis are leading causes of hospitalization and death. Researchers in Kansas State University's ...

Sea slugs are seemingly inconspicuous creatures in ocean ecosystems, which have a surprising impact on regeneration, climate ...

Why does it work? Some of the nerves innervating your ear canal affect the back of your mouth too, so massaging that area might provide some relief, Dr. Shibata explains. You can also try gently ...

Much of their successful early proof-of-concept work had used rodents, where researchers directly stimulated nerves innervating the muscles. But size differences between rodents and humans meant ...

However, the cellular mechanisms by which MC4R regulates reproduction are unknown. Kiss1 neurons directly stimulate gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) release through two distinct populations; the ...