Rejji Kuruvilla is a Professor of Biology and Vice Dean for Natural Sciences who studies the development and maintenance of ...

Researchers have created a digital topographical map of the cardiac sympathetic neural network, the region that controls the body's heart rate and its 'fight-or-flight' response. They hope this map ...

Oregon Health & Science University researchers have found that certain nerves that play an integral role in the body's "fight or flight" stress response can support pancreatic tumor growth. These ...

The sympathetic nervous system was thought to have evolved with jawed vertebrates. But lampreys—jawless, parasitic fish that suck out the blood of their hosts—have a simple one, per recent research.

For years, researchers have known that the symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) result from damage to a specific region of the brain. A new study shows that the disease also causes widespread damage ...

The enteric nervous system (ENS) has gained broader visibility, notably through its designation as a “second brain” and growing interest in the gut ...

Worsened blood circulation from autonomic dysfunction may contribute to depressive symptoms, offering a new avenue for treatment-resistant depression.

In biology, the nervous system is a highly complex part of an animal that coordinates its actions and sensory information by transmitting signals to and from different parts of its body. The nervous ...

A team of UCF College of Medicine researchers has created a digital topographical map of the cardiac sympathetic neural network, the region that controls the body’s heart rate and its “fight-or-flight ...