It affects our mood and neurological system ... protect the nervous system and overall functioning of the body: Mindfulness and meditation: Mindfulness meditation trains your brain to be present ...

Research teams funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have created a versatile set of gene delivery systems that can reach different neural cell types in the human brain and spinal cord ...

The connection between breathing and our nervous ... Brain imaging research has shown that the physiological sigh rapidly decreases activity in the amygdala—the brain’s alarm system—while ...

This pace leaves us moving through life on autopilot with nervous systems that are weary and overworked. Our sympathetic nervous system (responsible ... but the brain acts and responds differently ...

The nervous system consists of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous system (motor nerves, sensory nerves, cranial and spinal nerves, autonomic ganglia ...

These hormones not only influence the body, but can cross into the brain and shape the behavior of our neurons and cognitive processes. Recently, researchers used modern laser microscopy ...

“This designation is a major milestone for the children and families afflicted with these devastating brain tumors and represents a new paradigm for treating central nervous system brain tumors in ...

Neuroscientists at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre (SWC) at UCL have discovered that the brain uses a dual system for learning through trial and error. This is the ...