Pituitary tumors can compress the optic nerve, leading to visual symptoms. Pituitary tumors are mostly benign (noncancerous), but due to their location, they can have significant effects on ...

Medically reviewed by Smita Patel, DOMedically reviewed by Smita Patel, DO Neurotransmitters are chemicals involved in nerve ...

Oxytocin is both a hormone and a neurotransmitter. Hormones travel through the blood and act on cells. Electrical signals in your brain and nerves cause chemicals called neurotransmitters to release ...

The nerve cells, also called neurons, in our brain control all the basic processes of our body. For this reason, there are different types of neurons distributed over specific regions of the brain.

image: The Suprachiasmatic nucleus or SCN (shown here in a rat) is localized just dorsal to the optic chiasma, where both left and right optic nerves converge at the bottom of the brain. Here, the ...

Researchers led by a team at NYU Grossman School of Medicine have applied Botox to individual neurons, to help demonstrate how neurons control their own release of dopamine (DA), a chemical messenger ...

(Beyond Pesticides, September 9, 2021) A new study published in Toxicology Reports finds the same chemicals that disrupt the endocrine (hormone) system also disrupt the nervous system. Endocrine ...

Girls with a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations in a gene known as Nf1 are much more likely to lose their vision than boys with mutations in the same gene. And now, researchers at Washington ...

A recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports investigated the effects of acute transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) on serum aldosterone levels. Psychological stress is one of ...