This comprehensive review synthesizes a decade of human and animal research to explain how the gut and brain communicate ...

A sweeping genetic screen reveals how the brain is built and exposes a hidden gene behind a newly discovered childhood brain ...

A person’s brain is not fully developed until their mid to late 20s, as the brain grows in physical size and with the ...

Researchers in Japan have identified a nerve pathway in mice involved in the processing of rewarding and distressing stimuli and situations. The pathway, originating in a bundle of brain stem nerve ...

Scientists created a model of the human pain pathway in a dish by connecting four separate brain organoids. The feat should help them understand sensory disorders like those affecting pain perception.

Auricular vagal neuromodulation therapy is a non-invasive and non-surgical treatment that could aid cardiovascular disease ...

Partial paralysis occurs when nerve signals between the brain and specific muscle groups become interrupted, resulting in weakness or inability to move certain body parts while others remain ...

For the first time, researchers have identified that the brain receives specific sugar-related information from the gut via vagus nerve pathways. The discovery of a gut-brain circuit in mice dedicated ...

When a house catches on fire, we assume that a smoke alarm inside will serve one purpose and one purpose only: warn the ...

The FDA has granted breakthrough therapy designation to privosegtor for optic neuritis, a common symptom of multiple ...