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Okazaki, Japan – The communication between the brain and bodily organs is fundamental to emotion regulation and overall mental health. The nucleus tractus solitarii (NTS) in the brainstem is a ...

The communication between the brain and bodily organs is fundamental to emotion regulation and overall mental health. The nucleus tractus solitarii (NTS) in the brainstem is a critical hub structure ...

Tummy time is one of the most important things for babies to do in the early days. It helps their brains and bodies grow ...

In 2019 a startling article was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers tracked brain changes in nine polar scientists after 14 months isolated at a remote station in Antarctica.

Warmth and cold shape body awareness, emotions, and mental health in ways science is only starting to understand.

This comprehensive review synthesizes a decade of human and animal research to explain how the gut and brain communicate ...

Any project, supported or not by a committee, that is currently being worked on or is considered active, and will have an end date. The human body relies on complex and coordinated interactions ...