A team has made a major breakthrough in the field of three-dimensional (3D) imaging of large-scale biological tissues. They ...

A viral theory about chronic stress is hitting a nerve—literally—and it might explain why you're always on edge.

On the flipside of fight-or-flight is rest-and-digest. It’s the body’s way of rebalancing itself after the danger has passed.

For chronic pain patients, though, the brain interprets even neutral sensations as pain and suffering. In effect, pain ...

Unlike the brain and spinal cord, peripheral nerve cells, whose long extensions reach the skin and internal organs, are ...

A University of Minnesota Medical School-led research team has discovered that a cancer signaling pathway has previously ...