New research uncovered an alarming accumulation of plastic particles in human brains, raising concerns about their potential ...

Researchers have discovered neurons in the fly larva mouth that allow the taste of food texture. The study found that the fly peripheral taste organ has neurons with texture-tasting mechanoreceptors ...

The nervous system is a complex network of neurons and cells that carry messages to and from the brain and spinal cord to various parts of the body. Scientists led by the Institute of ...

Various diseases can be treated by stimulating the vagus nerve in the ear with electrical signals. However, this technique does not always work. A study has now shown: The electrical signals must be ...

Some health problems, including chronic pain, inflammation and neurological diseases, can be treated by nerve stimulation, ...

During the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease (PD), α-synuclein pathology may originate in peripheral organs and spread to the CNS. Using human tissue samples and multiple approaches in mouse ...

Their contraction and relaxation are regulated by the autonomic nervous system, which controls the activity of organs and blood vessels needed for essential daily functions, such as heartbeat ...

The enteric nervous system is composed of nerves that are embedded in the organs of the digestive system, which control breakdown of food, absorption of nutrients, and elimination of waste.

Infections of the central nervous system are relatively rare, however—usually the cysts infect other organs, such as the lungs or liver. Cysts can be found with a CT scan, but they're usually found ...

Market Snapshot Stock-market investors are getting nervous about this bond-market move that’s only happened twice in over 40 years Only twice since the early 1980s has the 10-year yield jumped ...

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