Birds warned of food shortages by neighbor birds change physiology and behavior to prepare
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Songbirds learning from nearby birds that food supplies might be growing short respond by changing their physiology ...
Tag: Physiology
Biohybrid fish made from human cardiac cells reveals insights into heart physiology
An autonomously swimming biohybrid fish, designed with a focus on two key regulatory features of the human heart, has revealed ...
When mom and child interact, physiology and behavior coordinate
URBANA, Ill. – When mothers and their children play together, they instinctively respond to each other’s cues. And positive interactions ...
A universal law of physiology emerges from University of Toronto professor’s research
Research led by University of Toronto Engineering professor Willy Wong on sensory adaptation may have unearthed a previously overlooked organizational principle of ...
Researchers evaluate whether lactate sensors can contribute to sports physiology
While there are a growing number of wearable lactate sensors available for sports and fitness, there hasn’t necessarily been an ...
Early antiviral response in the nose may determine the course of COVID-19
Cells sampled at the time of diagnosis from patients who later developed severe COVID-19 show a muted antiviral response, study ...
Neuroscientists posit that brain region is a key locus of learning
Credit: Sur Lab/ MIT Picower Institute Small and seemingly specialized, the brain's locus coeruleus (LC) region has been stereotyped for ...
Characterized drugs show unexpected effects
Known and yet unexpected: many active substances influence the cholesterol homeostasis and thereby possibly a SARS-CoV-2 infectionCredit: MPI of Molecular ...
Bidirectional impact of cardiovascular disease, cancer in Blacks focus of new AHA center
Credit: Kim Ratliff, Augusta University Cardiovascular disease and cancer, the nation's top two killers, share common ground like obesity and ...
Study innovates in gluten-free formulations, creating more palatable and nutritious bread
Study at the Federal University of São Paulo developed a recipe combining chickpea flour and psyllium, a plant-derived soluble fiber. ...
This is how the visual system shows us a more persistent world
An international collaboration elucidates the mechanisms that facilitate accurate identification of moving images. The findings have been published in Nature ...
UCI-led study finds unleashing Treg cells may lead to treatments for multiple sclerosis
Credit: UCI School of Medicine Irvine, CA - July 20, 2021 - In a new University of California, Irvine-led study, ...
SARS-CoV-2 spike mutation L452R evades human immune response and enhances infectivity
Credit: Dr. Chihiro Motozono An international team of researchers led by Kumamoto and Tokyo Universities (Japan) have shown that the ...
Copper transporter potential new treatment target for cardiovascular disease
Credit: Michael Holahan, Augusta University An internal transporter that enables us to use the copper we consume in foods like ...
Researcher’s work with flies could be birth control boon
New testing technique could quickly find new ways to suppress ovulation with few side effects. When it comes to making ...
Scientists on the scent of flavor enhancement
Researchers study sense of smell to optimize food for consumption COLUMBUS, Ohio - Flavor is the name of the game ...
How micro-circuits in the brain regulate fear
Credit: Rob Hurt / Wikicommons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Fear is an important reaction that warns and protects us from danger. ...
Silicon in drinking water caused irreversible lung pathologies in rodents
Scientists of Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University examined the effect of long-term silicon intake on the health of mice and ...
The effect of acute exercise in humans on cancer cell growth
New research presented at The Physiological Society's Annual Conference Physiology 2021 shows that molecules released into the bloodstream during exercise ...
Putting a load on: Load stimulates bone formation via expression of osteocrin
Osaka, Japan - When things get too much, we're often advised to "take a load off," but when it comes ...
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Scientists discover cancer trigger that could spur targeted drug therapies
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COVID-19 fattens up our body’s cells to fuel its viral takeover
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Killing resistant prostate cancer with iron
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Messenger RNA technology shows promise for developing infectious disease therapeutics
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‘Supergene’ wreaks havoc in a genome
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How bilingual brains work: Cross-language interplay and an integrated lexicon