Scientists have discovered that a part of the brain may be behind high blood pressure. The lateral parafacial region sits in ...

Lateralization of the brain – the tendency for the left and right hemispheres to specialize in different functions – underlies the development of a left-to-right mental number line, according to a ...

Lateralization of the brain—the tendency for the left and right hemispheres to specialize in different functions—underlies the development of a left-to-right mental number line, according to a study ...

A specific region in the brainstem causes high blood pressure. By targeting oxygen sensors in the neck, they can lower it ...

The prevalence of overweight and obesity is largely driven by the widespread availability of high-calorie and highly palatable foods. Even without feeling hungry, some people tend to eat food for the ...

The pFL region -- located in the brainstem, which connects the cerebrum in the brain to the spinal cord -- controls automatic ...

The lateral parafacial (pFL) region of the brain, responsible for controlling breathing, may also connect to nerves that ...