The autonomic nervous system is known as the control center for involuntary bodily processes such as the beating of our hearts and our breathing. The fact that this part of the nervous system also has ...

A new study of comb jellies has revealed that their nervous system is more complex than previously thought. What’s more, this ...

The Samuel lab uses innovative genetic, computational, and imaging tools to understand how molecules control nervous system development and resiliency. We pursue these goals in three research areas: ...

A research team led by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, has, for the first time, successfully ...

How hard can breathing be? Most babies master the skill in the first few seconds after birth, after all. It turns out, though, that most of us could probably breathe more effectively. And doing so, ...

Are you high-functioning on the outside but internally exhausted? You manage work, family and expectations, yet feel constantly on edge, overthinking, emotionally reactive or close to shutting down.

Body twitches, tingles, and mini spasms are rarely random. They reflect how the nervous system responds to stress, fatigue, ...

Octopuses are not much like humans — they are invertebrates with eight arms, and more closely related to clams and snails. Still, they have evolved complex nervous systems and are capable of a wide ...