The vagus nerve does it all—tells your lungs to breathe, controls your heart rate, and even forms the foundation for a whole ...

(The gray matter of the cortex is interlinked with the rest of the brain by nerve fibers that make up the brain’s “white matter.”) The cortex’s distinctive, wrinkled appearance is due to ...

The vagus nerve, a complex bundle of 200,000 fibers connecting the brain to vital organs, has remained a medical enigma for ...

As AI continues to evolve, its integration with medical imaging may revolutionize how doctors understand and treat brain conditions, making surgeries safer and more effective for patients worldwide.

The nervous system is the body’s direct communication system. It’s made up of the body’s many nerve cells. These cells work together in a network that sends and receives signals from one ...

Those are individual fibers." The right and left vagus nerve bundles each have more than 100,000 of these strands. "A lot of ...

The brain is a highly complex network of nerve cells interconnected by delicate pathways - known as nerve fibers or tracts.

New research provides direct evidence that the gut microbiome communicates with the brain through the vagus nerve.

The right and left vagus nerve bundles each have more than 100,000 of these strands. "A lot of the fibers inform the brain about the inflammatory state of the entire body," Zanos says. Researchers ...