Resilience relies on the brain’s ability to regulate emotion, adapt, and recover. Myelin plasticity helps speed up and stabilize resilient brain responses. Genes like FKBP5 and BDNF affect how people ...

Next time you feel an itch, remember that your brain's vast network of neurons informs it whether it is an itch or pain. A ...

If you are shown four images in quick succession and have to remember the order of these images in order to recognize them ...

Brain activity in vocalizing budgerigar parrots showed a pattern that harkened to those found in the brains of people.

Researchers from the University of New Hampshire looked at the developmental process of the cerebral cortex—the outermost ...

Peripheral nerves, i.e., outside the brain and spinal cord, are destroyed and cause burning, numbness, and weakness in hands and feet.” Difficulty with memory: Agnosia is one chronic ...

Q I keep reading about how the vagus nerve has a lot to do with things like mood, digestion and keeping your brain healthy. Where is it located? Supposedly there is even a kind of technique where ...

The vagus nerves transmit information to the brain about movement or sensation from a variety of organs and physical regions. These include the heart, digestive system, lungs, larynx, ears ...

Interestingly, your gut contains around 168 million neurons, which are connected to your brain through your nervous system. The vagus nerve is one of the biggest nerves connecting your gut and brain.

“Our ultimate goal is to develop treatments using these special cells, to reverse damage in the optic nerve, brain, and spinal cord, thereby restoring lost neurological functions,” explained Dr. Segal ...