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

A new electrical stimulation therapy for spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) has shown promise in reactivating motor neurons and ...

For the first time in decades, a new class of painkiller has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Researchers from Skoltech, prosthetics manufacturer Motorica, and Far Eastern Federal University have for the first time ...

Imagine if a horse could talk. Actually, they do! But you must know how to listen, watch and interpret! That is called ...

If a breakdown occurs anywhere along this pathway, it is referred to as a conductive hearing loss. Certain types of ...

By Jesse Elorm HEYMANN We live in the most over-stimulated generation in history. A small study by Yeykelis, J.J. Cummings, and Reeves, published in the Journal of Communications in 2014, examined how ...

By stimulating the vagus nerve with electrical impulses, the implant will mimic ... individual neurons interact in time and space to support brain functions. SenseBack (Enabling Technologies for ...

The default mode network (DMN) is a set of interconnected brain regions known to be most active when humans are awake but not ...

A new mathematical model sheds light on how the brain processes different cues, such as sights and sounds, during decision making.

Chronic stress does more than just affect mood—it may actually change the way we hear. Researchers found that stressed mice ...

Precisely how the brain juggles conflicting and related sensory information, such as colored signals and loud sirens, and makes a sensible decision has been long studied but still a mystery.