In a recent study in mice, we found that simply perceiving hunger can change the number of immune cells in the blood, even ...

Sympathetic ganglia are chains of neurons up and down the spine that help initiate the fight-or-flight response and other stress-related bodily processes. In humans, a sympathetic chain ganglion can ...

The goals of this review are to provide, first, an overview of the two major technologies used for imaging the sympathetic nervous system, and, second, understanding of the role of imaging in the ...

With their special ability to produce and share electrical signals and a capacity to link up in complex webs, neurons are a basic component of the nervous system. The brain contains more than 100 ...

Following acute multiple trauma, hypothalamic stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system and adrenal glands causes an increase in circulating corticoids and catecholamines, or a stress response.