Fear has a scent. Here’s how this invisible chemical signal has shaped human perceptions, emotions and survival instincts.

Musical chills are pleasurable shivers or goosebump sensations that people feel when they resonate with the music they're ...

The brain and vagus nerve play a key role in exacerbating tissue damage after a heart attack, but there are ways to block it.

In mice, blocking heart-to-brain signals improved healing after a heart attack, hinting at new targets for cardiac therapy.

So, he and his colleagues induced heart attacks in mice and examined responses in the vagus nerve, which carries signals ...

A heart attack activates stress circuits in the brain that evolved for survival but can amplify inflammation, disrupt healing ...

People with spinal cord injuries often lose movement even though their brains still send the right signals. Researchers ...

An individual may become completely paralyzed because of any number of accidents that interfere with the functioning of the ...

Arteries can narrow with fatty buildup. Blood struggles to move. Oxygen drops. A heart attack can follow, and it remains the world’s top killer. Researchers at the University of California San Diego ...

The data were collected from people about to have surgery. They show that as anaesthesia takes hold, the interplay between ...