The vagus nerve is a key player in our body's relaxation system, controlling heart rate, digestion, and stress responses. Now, there is a simple way to activate this nerve: applying ice to certain ...

Humming can ease stress and promote relaxation by stimulating the vagus nerve, a complex network of over 200,000 fibers that ...

Stress doesn’t just affect your mind, it disrupts your gut too, triggering bloating, inflammation, and digestive issues through the gut-brain connection.

Tivic Health® Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVC), a diversified immunotherapeutics company, today announced that key proposals needed to carry out the company’s strategic transformation were approved by ...

Kevin Woods, Director of Science at Brain.fm, a music streaming service designed to influence brainwave activity, recommended ...

Neuroscientists have found that the act of chewing can actually boost blood flow to important parts of your brain, like the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex. These areas are linked to learning, focus ...

Thus, to produce happy and productive dreams one needs to be active mentally and physically during waking hours. Whatever ...

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.

The human brain is comprised of two main types of cells, known as neurons and glia. The first are responsible for ...

Children with celiac disease have a 19% higher risk of developing mental health problems than others. Gut-brain axis ...

Incoming information from the retina is channeled into two pathways in the brain's visual system: one that's responsible for ...