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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...