Researchers have created a digital topographical map of the cardiac sympathetic neural network, the region that controls the body's heart rate and its 'fight-or-flight' response. They hope this map ...

A new study using mouse models and multi-omics analysis has traced a specific nerve pathway through which prenatal stress programs fetal skin cells for eczema-like inflammation after birth. The ...

Your nervous system is a network that sends signals between your brain and other parts of your body to control your body's movements and processes. This system includes your brain, spinal cord, and ...

Your autonomic nervous system (ANS) is the part of your central nervous system (CNS) that controls unconscious activities like breathing and digestion. This system is always working, whether or not ...

The funding will support Feinstein Institutes scientists to pioneer a landmark map of the vagus nerve and its connections to the brain and peripheral organs MANHASSET, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Like ...

What type of medical intervention is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration across different devices and indications to help treat conditions as disparate as epilepsy, stroke rehabilitation ...

Your sympathetic nervous system is one of the branches of your autonomic nervous system. It controls functions under unconscious control related to “fight or flight.” Your nervous system plays a ...

Neurological diseases affect the nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves that carry signals throughout your body. These conditions can disrupt movement, thinking, mood, ...

The vagus nerve is getting a lot of attention online these days. As just one of 12 paired cranial nerves, you may wonder what’s so special about it. But if you’ve seen people on social media sharing ...