Researchers examine how the human skin responds to various stimuli, finding touch prompts the strongest nervous system response. Despite this, participants perceive sound as more arousing. This study ...

Your nervous system uses billions of tiny, connected nerve cells called neurons to send the messages, which are electrical and chemical signals that tell your body what to do. Your nervous system is ...

Fibers called nerves carry important messages back and forth between your body and your brain. That network -- your nervous system -- has two parts: Your brain and spinal cord make up your central ...

"This fundamentally changes how we think about the evolution of complex nervous systems," said biologist Jack Ullrich-Lüter.

For human health, dietary fat is frequently considered an enemy. But current research is beginning to focus on the positive effects of dietary fats. Two specific dietary fats, docosahexaenoic acid ...

A simple artificial nervous system is able to mimic the way humans respond to light and learn to perform basic tasks. The principle could be used to create more useful robots and prostheses. Humans, w ...

ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hesperos, a leader in recreating human biology with its’ Human-on-a-Chip ® platform, has announced a breakthrough development of a human induced pluripotent stem cell ...