Turns out a shoulder roll can drop your blood pressure, which may be the reason for the pleasurable sensation.

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 hormone ...

AN interesting connexion is to be found between two recent conceptions of the nervous system, in its development and function. Pavlov's work indicates that the function of the cerebral cortex is the ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Some perpetrators of domestic violence may suffer from a nervous system irregularity that makes it harder for them to control emotions and aggression, according to a study ...

Stimuli are changes in our environment that we respond to and are detected by receptors. Different receptors are sensitive to different stimuli (eg receptors in the eye are sensitive to light). A ...

New research from Stanford and Seoul University has lead to the development of an artificial sensor system that potentially can act like skin for prosthetics and robots. Prosthetics limbs have seen ...