Insight into cellular mechanisms illuminates biological target for PTSD therapy
Experiments in mice by researchers at Johns Hopkins suggest that if the goal is to ease or extinguish fearful emotional memories like those associated with post-traumatic stress disorder, alcohol may...
Researchers found that memory training provided only one-third the benefit to older adults with obesity than the benefit it provided to older adults without obesity.Image Credit: Flickr/Sarah
In the first study to compare the results of cognitive training by body...
This graphic depicts the numbers and function of glia and neurons in the aging human brain.Credit: Lilach Soreq
The difference between an old brain and a young brain isn't so much the number of neurons but the presence and function...
Colon cancer cells produce proteins, fatty acids, nucleic acids and reactive oxygen species (ROS). Proteins, fatty acids, and nucleic acids are essential factors for cell survival using glutamine metabolism. On the other hand, ROS is a factor for cellular...
Severely hyperbranched vascular network surrounding the spinal cord (red dotted box) of zebrafish embryo – blood vessels in white.Credit: Bild: le Noble/KIT
A team of researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) shake at the foundations of a dogma of...
This image shows a cross section of a kidney. Credit: Holly Fischer/Wikipedia
Cells in any organ will die if their blood supply is cut off - such as during a heart attack, stroke, or organ transplant - but restoring circulation...
new study suggest that factors contributing to early birth might also impact the brain's development in the womb, leading to significant neurodevelopmental disorders, such as autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and cerebral palsy.Image Credit: Flickr/mcbethphoto
Even before they are born,...
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To remain functional, this population can do far less activity per week than recommended, study found
Older adults who suffer from arthritis need to keep moving to be functionally independent. But in an examination of a goal that...
Purdue researchers have determined the high-resolution structure of the immature Zika virus. This composite image of the surface (left), and cross-sectional region (right), reflect the new findings. Research into a virus's structure provides insights important to the development of...
Those who do all their exercise on one or two days of the week are known as 'weekend warriors'.Image Credit: Flickr/Zachary Long
The finding suggests that less frequent bouts of activity, which might fit more easily into a busy lifestyle,...
In separate clinical trials, a drug called ocrelizumab has been shown to reduce new attacks in patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (MS), and new symptom progression in primary progressive MS.
Three studies conducted by an international team of researchers,...
