During development of the digestive system, a complex network of nerves forms around it, creating a "second brain" - the ...

Assistant Professor, Director, Neuro-Mechanical Intelligence Laboratory, Dept. of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering, Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, West Virginia ...

Your sympathetic nervous system is one of the branches of your autonomic nervous system. It controls functions under unconscious control related to “fight or flight.” Your nervous system plays a ...

Even when your body is capable of high performance, interference, stress, and misalignment create an internal traffic jam.

When a person is at rest, meditating or reading a book, the parasympathetic nervous system is at work. Also known as the "rest and digest" system, the parasympathetic nervous system is responsible for ...

Strange sea creatures called ctenophores have a fused nerve net where scientists expected to see synapses. Did they evolve their nervous system separately from other animals? When you purchase through ...

Neurological diseases are conditions that affect your nervous system. Your nervous system includes your brain and spinal cord as well as all the nerves that branch out to the rest of your body. There ...