Researchers at the Center for Life Sciences at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have for the first time identified structural ...

The next time you’re questioning if someone is right for you, pay close attention to your body — it may already know the ...

A study sheds light on how networks in the brain detect new information, offering insight into disorders like schizophrenia.

It works by switching off nociceptors in the peripheral nervous system, and therefore preventing pain signals getting to the brain. This represents a potential new breakthrough in a world which has ...

The cerebral cortex is the largest part of a mammal's brain, and by some measures, the most important. In humans in particular, it's where most things happen—like perception, thinking, memory storage ...

Follow this step-by-step guide to perform accurate acoustic reflex tests. Learn techniques to ensure reliable results.

Our guts are home to trillions of bacteria, and research over the last few decades has established how essential they are to our physiology—in health and disease. A new study from EMBL Heidelberg ...

What’s more effective for all-round fitness: bodyweight or weighted training? Two identical twins set out to answer just that ...

New research shows that a network of subcellular structures similar to those responsible for propagating molecular signals that make muscles contract are also responsible for transmitting signals in ...

Anxiety-driven physical sensations can mimic more serious medical conditions but we can learn to differentiate between true ...

Inflationary risks were building up as companies continue to pass on rising raw material and labour costs, which required lifting the BOJ's policy rate to levels deemed neutral to the economy ...

Two brain regions work together when mice learn to override the instinct to run and hide from a potential threat.