Recent studies have revealed that mild forms of exercise, such as yoga or walking, can improve mood and enhance executive function, which involves the brain's prefrontal cortex and refers to the ...

The way the brain regulates pupil size is different from previously thought: fundamentally responsible is the neurotransmitter orexin, as researchers at ETH Zurich have now shown. This discovery could ...

Pupil size predicts death and hospital readmission in patients with heart failure, according to research published today in ESC Heart Failure, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). 1 ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered a fundamental mechanism that affects the size of the pupil, namely our breathing. The study, published in The Journal of Physiology, ...

The eyes are a window into our autonomic nervous system. Everyone's unique personal history and autobiographical experiences have the power to influence how and when the sympathetic nervous system ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients with ptosis, a large pupil may be indicative of third nerve palsy. Levator function measurement can ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Smaller pupil area measured in patients with acute HF was predictive of all-cause mortality and HF readmission, ...

Mild exercise like yoga improves mood and executive function, but the neural mechanisms were unclear. Using pupillometry, researchers found that pupil size changes during very light exercise predict ...