Researchers discovered a feedback loop between nerve cells, the immune system and the heart. They think it shows promise as a ...

Arteries become clogged. Blood flow is restricted and oxygen is cut off. The result is a heart attack, the world's leading ...

The brain and vagus nerve play a key role in exacerbating tissue damage after a heart attack, but there are ways to block it.

SAN DIEGO, Jan 28: Researchers at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) have discovered a neural pathway linking the ...

The team’s research provides compelling evidence for the brain’s influence on physiology. A deeper understanding of this mind ...

UCLA scientists have developed advanced miniature 3D tumor organoid models that make it possible to study glioblastoma tumors in a setting that closely mirrors the human brain, shedding light on how ...

Increasing activity in a deep-brain region can boost the immune system’s response to vaccines —and people can be trained to ...

Training yourself to expect good things to happen sounds like helpful advice in general. Now, new research suggests that good ...

Scientists have uncovered a hidden battle between a widespread brain parasite and the immune cells tasked with destroying it. A parasite that can quietly persist in the human brain is capable of ...

Training people to activate a part of the brain linked to reward and positive expectations may be associated with an increase ...

A one-week mind-body retreat led to consistent changes in the brain and at the molecular level that were associated with ...

Scientists at Harvard University are proposing a fundamental change in the way we consider psychedelics and their therapeutic potential. Using mouse models and human cells, the team of neuroscientists ...