From soccer players making aggressive change-of-direction cuts on the pitch to daily tasks like walking up stairs, muscle activation is a part of everyday life for humans. Yet during such movements, ...

As the brain ages, cells in the central nervous system experience metabolic dysfunction and increased oxidative damage. These ...

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The nervous system controls the activities of all body organs and tissues, receiving input from sensory organs and responding via effector organs. With around 100Â billion interconnected neurons, the ...

Anger and anxiety describe agitated physiological states and are sensations generated by your body’s response to threats. When states of agitation are sustained, your body’s physiology causes physical ...

In a recent study published in Nature, researchers investigated whether glutamatergic gliotransmission was mediated by specialized astrocytes in the central nervous system. Study: Specialized ...

Physiology studies how the human body works, including the functions and interactions of its systems, cells, and organs, and the maintenance of homeostasis. It explores how the body adapts to ...

Dr. Saurabh Sethi, a Harvard-trained gastroenterologist, emphasizes habits like drinking water before coffee, morning sunlight, breathwork, and post-meal walking to support gut-brain health. He also ...