When you reach into a bucket of ice, open your front door on a snowy day, or feel the tingle of menthol toothpaste, a protein ...

When a person loses a leg above the knee, the nerves that once moved that leg don’t simply go quiet. They keep firing.

A new study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology has traced how the sympathetic nervous system, the ...

You are actually more prone to having your arms fall asleep if you have consumed alcohol, says a neurology researcher.

Sneezing, or sternutation, is an abrupt, involuntary and forceful expulsion of air through the nose and mouth. This ...

Scientists have discovered that a protein called SLIT3 is essential for making the body's calorie-burning brown fat work properly.

A sudden eyelid flicker during a meeting. A brief tingling in the foot after sitting too long. A tiny muscle jump just before sleep. These moments often feel random, even unsettling. But the body is ...

Scientists have uncovered how your body actually tells your brain to stop eating when you’re sick. In a new study, researchers found that specialized cells in the gut detect parasites and send signals ...

A new study traces the molecular pathway connecting the gut immune system to the brain during a parasitic infection, ...

What do the feeling of an ice cube against your skin and the cool minty blast of toothpaste have in common? Both activate our ...

Anyone who has weathered a bad stomach bug knows the feeling: a loss of appetite that sets in and lingers, even after the ...

Research by Nobel laureate David Julius has captured how the TRPM8 protein changes when exposed to low temperatures, opening ...