Your pituitary gland is a pea-sized gland located at the base of your brain. It produces many types of hormones, including the adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). ACTH stimulates the adrenal glands, ...

Our bodies usually change quietly, almost without notice. Children grow taller. Our hair often thins as we age. It’s all part of maturing, and it’s controlled by hormones. But sometimes things go ...

A team of researchers has shown that noninvasive electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve through the ear can reverse memory deficits caused by acute stress in mice, pinpointing a specific protein ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The gonadotropin-releasing hormone stimulation test is not a reliable predictor of central precocious puberty in ...

A team of investigators has described an approach in which implanted electrodes are stimulated in a dynamic sequence, essentially 'tracing' shapes on the surface of the visual cortex that participants ...

For most adults who lose their vision, blindness results from damage to the eyes or optic nerve while the brain remains intact. For decades, researchers have proposed developing a device that could ...