A new Yale study reveals that major organ systems in the body aren't just passive structures operating on directions from command central—the brain—but instead are active participants in controlling ...

In this video I walk you through real donated human brains to explore how the nervous system actually looks and works. I point out the spinal cord, branching nerves, and vertebrae, then break down ...

Most of us are moving through our days at a level of autopilot that would genuinely impress a commercial airline pilot. We wake up, move through our routines, manage our tasks, and somewhere around 9 ...

In 1943, a pair of neuroscientists were trying to describe how the human nervous system works when they accidentally laid the foundation for artificial intelligence. In their mathematical framework ...

According to the Cleveland Clinic, a quarter of cancer deaths can be attributed to one source: cachexia. Cachexia is a syndrome that accompanies underlying chronic illness and causes unwanted muscle ...

Cachexia is a condition in which patients affected by cancer or other chronic diseases become sick and lose weight.

The heart has long been thought to be controlled solely by the autonomic nervous system, which transmits signals from the brain. The heart's neural network, which is embedded in the superficial layers ...