The body is constantly scanning itself and recalibrating accordingly. Interoception, the perception of internal bodily sensations, plays a crucial role in regulating essential physiological processes, ...

Neuroscientists have observed for the first time how structures deep in the brain are activated when the brain becomes aware of its own thoughts, known as conscious perception 1. The brain is ...

The vagus nerve functions as a communication channel that links the brain to the gut system. The brain receives chemical ...

Scientists have gained greater clarity in the brain regions and neurons that control metabolism, body temperature and energy use. A team of researchers discovered which chemicals influence the signals ...

When your back constantly hurts, you might think you know where the pain is originating. But you might also be wrong.

MANHASSET, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Inflammation is the body’s response to injury and infection. To better understand how the body’s nerves and neurons detect inflammation, researchers at Northwell ...

Ever felt like your mind is racing, and your heart won’t slow down? No matter how much sleep you get, you still wake up feeling exhausted and fatigued from last night. Well, that nagging sense of ...

When you’re asleep, you can seem completely dead to the world. But when you wake up, in an instant you can be up and at ‘em. How does the brain turn on awareness or consciousness? This question has ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Emily Jacobs of UC Santa Barbara about how pregnancy reshapes the brain, the subject of a study out this week in the journal Nature Neuroscience. The body transforms in ...

This post was co-authored by Dr. Ruth Lanius, Lauren Rudolph, and Dr. Breanne Kearney. Trauma is an insult to the senses, leaving a lasting impact: It affects what we see, hear, and feel, and how we ...