If your body is a performance center, then your nervous system is the invisible stage manager. It keeps your body running in ...

In biology, the nervous system is a highly complex part of an animal that coordinates its actions and sensory information by transmitting signals to and from different parts of its body. The nervous ...

'In a low-risk group of babies born full-term, the autonomic nervous system and cortical systems appear to function well regardless of whether infants were exposed to labor prior to birth,' says Sarah ...

Nerve cells in the brain establish connections or synapses to form complex electrical circuits that keep people thinking and moving. Despite the importance of these synapses in mediating the flow of ...

Late in pregnancy, the human body carefully prepares fetuses for the rigors of life outside the protection of the womb. Levels of cortisol, a stress hormone, ramp up and spike during labor.

Think of the woman in your friend group who is a natural communicator—she always knows everything that’s happening and passes on the best facts (and juiciest gossip). Your body contains its own type ...

The element sodium plays a key role in nervous system function. An international research team headed by the Institute of ...

HRV devices can tell you when your nervous system is stressed, but auricular vagus nerve stimulation wearables are designed to actively improve it.