Scientists from Scripps Research say the human body has a 'hidden sixth sense', called 'interoception'. Interoception is an ...

The team, led by Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist Ardem Patapoutian, alongside Li Ye of Scripps Research and Bosiljka Tasic from the Allen Institute, will receive $14.2 million in funding over five ...

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An NIH-supported initiative seeks to unravel how the nervous system tracks and regulates the body’s internal organs. How does ...

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It is well known that Covid can impair your sense of smell, but a new study has found that those who lose it may never get it ...