Area postrema syndrome is associated with uncontrollable hiccuping or vomiting. It is a clinical feature of another condition, called neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). A person who ...

Nausea is a bit of a catchall sensation for the human body: the unpleasant sick feeling can hit us as a result of everything from pregnancy or a migraine to eating spoiled food or undergoing ...

Researchers have identified neurons that regulate nausea-like responses in mice. When these neurons are experimentally turned on, nausea-like responses can be activated regardless of exposure to ...

Nausea is a bit of a catchall term describing that unpleasant, sick feeling that can hit us as a result of anything from pregnancy or migraine, to eating spoiled food or undergoing chemotherapy. But ...

Most of us will experience nausea at some point, but the sensation remains poorly understood at the molecular and cellular level. Researchers at Harvard Medical School have now identified and ...

area postrema (IMAGE) Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Caption Neurons (blue) in a part of the brain called the area postrema, seen here, express a variety of genes, including receptors for the immune ...

A new study in mice describes how different cell types in the brain work together to suppress nausea. Nausea is a bit of a catchall sensation for the human body: the unpleasant sick feeling can hit us ...

area postrema before vs. after treatment (IMAGE) Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Caption Left: Hyperactive neurons (pink) in the AP before treatment with antibodies (top) and CRISPR (bottom). Right: The ...