The human brain, as the seat of mental life—from the most complicated intellectual processes down to routine and unconscious bodily control—is necessarily enormously complex. The largest part ...

Animals and humans develop a certain tolerance to prolonged heat: the body adjusts to release heat instead of generating it, ...

The connection between your gut, its microbes, stress, and circadian rhythms is complex. But there are some simple ways to ...

In a Switzerland study, two people with spinal cord injuries received deep brain stimulation therapy and were able to walk ...

Two people with spinal cord injuries have regained the ability to walk after receiving the experimental treatment.

Endocrinologist whose insight into how the brain controls the endocrine system shaped our understanding of bodily functions.

Electrically stimulating a particular region in the brain could help people with injured spinal cords walk more easily, ...

Researchers at EPFL and Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), led by professors Grégoire Courtine and Jocelyne Bloch, have ...

The therapy was applied to an "unexpected" part of the brain called the lateral hypothalamus, which has previously been associated with functions like eating and arousing from sleep. After the ...

A team from EPFL and Lausanne University Hospital say that zapping the brain in an "unexpected" locale, the lateral ...