For most of modern medical history, doctors treated the brain and the rest of the as if they belonged to separate departments ...

The gut microbiome communicates with the brain through the gut-brain axis. Most serotonin production occurs in the ...

The screen worked, flagging expected cancer genes. But it also kept returning something that seemed impossible: genes for synapses, glutamate receptors, and neural signaling pathways. “We absolutely ...

You may have heard of the mind-body connection: the broad concept that thoughts and feelings, especially those related to stress, can influence physical health. Mohamad Alkhouli, M.D., an ...

Communication between the body and the nervous system is called interoception and it allows the brain to sense internal states, such as hunger, pain, or heart rate. The vagus nerve is an important ...

However, there's evidence that parts of the brain involved in language, like the dorsal anterior temporal lobe (ATL), are also involved in this process— dementia patients with ATL damage, for example, ...

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Source: Microsoft Copilot / Microsoft How Was This at All Possible? Moshé Feldenkrais had two injured knees (one long-term and one short-term), both of which resulted in ongoing pain. After walking ...

The connection between the gut and brain was discovered long ago, but the role of the gut microbiome in this relationship is still being explored. Recent studies suggest that disruptions or ...

Brain cells are increasingly being found outside the brain, and now researchers have identified specific neurons in the abdomen that control some aspects of digestion. Not all brain cells are found in ...

People who work the nightshift or odd hours and eat at irregular times are more prone to weight gain and diabetes, likely due to eating patterns not timed with natural daylight and when people ...

Slow, sleep-like brainwaves persist in part of the brain that has been surgically disconnected from the rest of the organ, even though the person is awake. The findings 1, published in PLoS Biology, ...