Researchers discovered a feedback loop between nerve cells, the immune system and the heart. They think it shows promise as a ...

Why some memories persist while others vanish has fascinated scientists for more than a century. Now, new research from the ...

For much of the 20th century, scientists believed that the adult human brain was largely fixed. According to this view, the ...

The human heart beats 60-100 times a minute, without you needing to pay any attention to it. Heart function is controlled by the brain’s autonomic nervous system (the parasympathetic and sympathetic ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University researchers have created an electronic chip that may provide improved support for the hundreds of millions of people worldwide the World Health Organization ...

A newly identified lymphatic drainage pathway along the middle meningeal artery reveals how the human brain clears waste. How does the brain clear away waste? This task is handled by the brain’s ...

A neural circuit hidden in an understudied region of the brain plays a critical role in turning temporary pain into pain that ...

Silent cells deep in your spinal cord may hold a surprising key to healing after devastating injuries and brain disease. A ...

In 1943, a pair of neuroscientists were trying to describe how the human nervous system works when they accidentally laid the foundation for artificial intelligence. In their mathematical framework ...

We’ve turned survival responses into a black-and-white idea: pathology or wisdom. This is what we miss when we do that, and ...