Sleep is usually associated with complex animals with brains and nervous systems, but new research suggests it may be far older, and far more basic, than previously thought.

Feeling pretty vulnerable, I showered at record speed, slowly climbing out (almost twisting my ankle on my bath mat) and opening the door to be greeted by the warm glow of the light in the hallway. My ...

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A heart attack activates stress circuits in the brain that evolved for survival but can amplify inflammation, disrupt healing ...

The year 2022 has been declared by Pedro Sanchez, President of Spain, as the Year of Ramon y Cajal on the 170th anniversary ...

We’ve turned survival responses into a black-and-white idea: pathology or wisdom. This is what we miss when we do that, and why it matters for real healing.

After a spinal cord injury, cells in the brain and spinal cord change to cope with stress and repair tissue. A new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in Nature Neuroscience, shows that this ...

If you ask Samantha Kearns to describe the nervous system, she won’t reach for medical jargon first. Instead, she lights up with one of her favorite analogies: “Think of your nervous system as your ...

In a culture in which everything feels urgent, social media is filled with bad news, and our work days feel endless, something’s bound to give. Often, that thing is our nervous systems. In fact, if ...

Understanding how your body works can be the key to reducing stress. For example, you’re probably aware of your fight-or-flight response—the body’s way of preparing itself when it believes it’s being ...