Every day, we constantly absorb information through our sensory organs, which the brain then needs to process correctly. The information initially reaches the thalamus and then travels to the cerebral ...

Sensory deprivation is associated with striking crossmodal neuroplastic changes in the brain. Following sensory deprivation (for example, blindness or deafness), there is functional recruitment of ...

Q: One of the yoga teachers at our gym always goes on and on about the importance of the vagus nerve whenever we do deep-breathing exercises to relax. What is she talking about, and why is it ...

New research shows promising progress in the use of stem cells for treatment of spinal cord injury. The results show that human stem cells that are transplanted to the injured spinal cord contribute ...

In findings recently published in Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, Semrau and doctoral candidate Joanna Hoh suggest ...

Nurses working across primary and community care settings have been asked to consider changes and adjustments they can make to their clinics ...

Seniors who can identify smells like roses, turpentine, paint-thinner and lemons, and have retained their senses of hearing, vision and touch, may have half the risk of developing dementia as their ...

Zinc deficiency can quietly impact daily health, with early signs like loss of taste and smell or slow wound healing often ...

Multipurpose sensors that are both flexible and wearable could one day be used for everything from monitoring the body's vital signs to changing the way we interact with computers. Working toward this ...