Neuroimmunology, the study of interactions between the nervous and immune systems, is a rapidly growing field enabling new ...

Ordinarily, I pride myself on being impervious to the Daily Mail’s sensationalist flourishes, but a story it ran last summer – “Zapping the brain with a tiny device on the ear could boost fitness ...

As brain states changed, cochlear activity stayed the same, suggesting that the inner ear does not modulate hearing on a short-term basis. Next, the researchers genetically altered mice to disable the ...

The vagus nerve is called the "wandering nerve" because it's the longest nerve in the human body and travels from the base of the brain up into the ears and down into the lower intestines. In recent ...

Exposure to loud noise, such as a firecracker or an ear-splitting concert, is the most common preventable cause of hearing loss. Research suggests that 12% or more of the world population is at risk ...

The vagus nerve is called the "wandering nerve" because it's the longest nerve in the human body and travels from the base of the brain up into the ears and down into the lower intestines. In recent ...