Intriguing and incredibly unique, Octopuses are cephalopods with three hearts that pump blue blood throughout their eight arms. These intelligent sea creatures have multiple brains. Nine, to be exact.

Fred Hutch researchers have created a gene-expression map of glial cells of the tiny worm, C. elegans, adding the missing ...

But, unlike vertebrate organisms, the octopus’s nervous system is also decentralized, with around 350 million neurons, or 66 percent of it, located in its eight arms.

Gene delivery systems can target specific brain cells, a breakthrough that could lead to treatments for Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is also effective. Managing stress protects the nervous system and promotes a balanced life. Stress, like work and other daily tasks, has become a part of life for many.

The connection between breathing and our nervous system represents one of the body’s most remarkable biological relationships. While most autonomic functions—like heart rate, digestion, and ...

The autonomic reset button Think of those spontaneous shivers as your nervous system hitting its reset button. Your autonomic nervous system—the part that handles all your unconscious bodily ...

Is Inheriting Your Mom's Nervous System a Bad Thing? Not necessarily. "We are more likely to inherit the good and the bad parts of our mother's nervous system," Dr. Jones says.

Our nervous system hasn’t evolved at the same pace as our modern world. It doesn’t know the difference between a real threat (like a tiger) and a non-life-threatening stressor.

You Can Thank This Parent For Your Dysregulated Nervous System, Says Biology Don't worry — there are ways to treat a dysregulated nervous system, no matter which parent is responsible.

Until recently, the nervous system was not thought to be part of these duplicities, even when cancer had set up its primary residence in the brain. Neurons were simply the cancer’s victims.