Substance P, an endogenous neuropeptide, and its corresponding receptor, the Neurokinin-1 Receptor (NK1R), play a central role in a host of physiological functions including nociception, inflammation, ...

In older adults, even mild impairment can affect the brain. But there are simple ways to reduce the harm. By Dana G. Smith Adults over age 65 who experience vision loss have a nearly 50 percent ...

The same genes could hold the key to regenerating cells in the ear and eye, according to a new mouse study. Researchers focused on a group of interacting genes called the Hippo pathway, which serve as ...

Drs. Philip Heichel, Alice Fecko, and Jackie Gilbert answer viewer questions on vision and hearing. Physicians Philip Heichel, Otolaryngology; Alice Fecko, Ophthalmologist; and Jackie Gilbert, ...

Annmaree Watharow is affiliated with Deafblind Australia. Emily Kecman and Moira Dunsmore do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit ...