Cancer tumors hijack the vagus nerve to communicate with the brain, triggering a hormonal response that suppresses the immune system.

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and Yale University School of Medicine, along with other collaborators, report that lung adenocarcinoma can engage nerve pathways that link the ...

In response to stress, the central nervous system of animals release blood glucose rapidly to cope potential threats. Classic theory posits that stress-induced glucose release is controlled by ...

Researchers have mapped the complex nerve pathways that supply brown adipose tissue, otherwise known as ‘brown fat'. It’s the first step in developing a way of stimulating the nerves to burn fat as a ...

A University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)-led team of researchers has found nerve pathways that supply brown adipose tissue (BAT), which may pave the way toward using it to treat obesity and ...

Arteries can narrow with fatty buildup. Blood struggles to move. Oxygen drops. A heart attack can follow, and it remains the world’s top killer. Researchers at the University of California San Diego ...