The vagus nerve is so named because it “wanders” like a vagabond, sending out sensory fibers from your brainstem to your ...

Northwestern University researchers have identified structural features in engineered cell receptors that correlate with ...

Fossils are providing more and more clues about how dinosaurs attracted one another and reproduced, which contributed to ...

A discovery at the Kavli Institute at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Norway has uncovered a ...

The female reproductive system includes internal and external organs, each designed to carry out varying functions. Learn ...

Neurostimulation of sensory spinal nerves improved movement in SMA patients by restoring neural function, as shown in a small clinical trial. This approach may have broader applications for other ...

Shaknovsky did not respond to requests from The Washington Post to talk about Bryan’s allegations but told state investigators he couldn’t properly identify the organ he removed because of ...

The kidneys, located just below the ribs, perform crucial functions such as filtering waste ... as it indicates the organs struggle to meet the body's demands. You might also pick up some traces ...

It makes sense that MNPs accumulate more in the brain compared to other organs, says Kasteel ... tend to have blood-brain barriers that don’t function as well as a filter as in healthy people ...

Hypothesizing that this ability to sense food texture takes place in the peripheral taste organs, the researchers selectively disabled taste neurons in the larva's mouth. As a result, the maggots ...

Researchers used genetic tools to reveal that certain neurons in the brain control food choice and can sense both taste and ... individual neurons in taste organs have this ‘multimodal ...