The El Paso Museum of Art will close for months as it upgrades its climate control system.

There are key differences in how men and women respond to stress and process emotions and events through the nervous system.

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What happens is your sympathetic nervous system is activated, pumping adrenaline and glucocorticoid steroids into your system that give you hyper focus, energy, and strength to handle the situation.

Diets rich in phosphate additives, commonly found in processed foods, can increase blood pressure by triggering a brain signaling pathway and overactivating the sympathetic nervous system that ...

But, unlike vertebrate organisms, the octopus’s nervous system is also decentralized, with around 350 million neurons, or 66 percent of it, located in its eight arms.

Silence heals the brain and nervous system naturally by reducing stress, restoring sleep, and enhancing cognitive performance.

The sympathetic nervous system becomes more active during times of stress, and for some people, this activation can become excessive or prolonged.