Researchers from the University of Missouri are studying potential therapies to target specific cells linked to the development of cardiovascular and metabolic disorders like high blood pressure and ...

Mice make use of rapid nerve cell interactions in the brain's smell center to distinguish one odor from another, a new study shows. Both mice and humans can rapidly identify odors, researchers say, in ...

The carotid bodies are paired peripheral chemoreceptor organs located at the bifurcation of the common carotid arteries and serve as the principal detectors of arterial oxygen, carbon dioxide and pH.