Physiology

Credit: Dr. Vadim Axelrod Imagine a world where everyone has the same face. That would be a very different world than the one we know. In our world, in which faces are different, faces convey essential information. For example, most of…

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine The search for a mechanism that could explain how the protein complex NCOR1/2 regulates memory has revealed an unexpected connection between the lateral hypothalamus and the hippocampus, the feeding and…

Study examines why so much damage occurs long after an accidentCredit: FSU Photography Services TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Thousands of people worldwide suffer severe spinal cord injuries each year, but little is known about why these injuries…

A recent study from Uppsala University has found that whether you store your fat around the trunk or in other parts of your body is highly influenced by genetic factors and that this effect is present predominantly in women and to a much…

Credit: S. El Aidy, University of Groningen Patients with Parkinson's disease are treated with levodopa, which is converted into dopamine, a neurotransmitter in the brain. In a study published on 18 January in the journal Nature…

Fish otoliths record information on fish metabolism; analyses of old and new otoliths can therefore provide new knowledge about how different species of fish adapt to new conditions, including climate changeCredit: Photo: Peter Grønkjær…

Engineer, NFL Players Association adviser find issue with running sensorsCredit: Susan Urmy/Vanderbilt University It starts as a persistent and irritating pain in the foot or lower leg, then it gets more intense, maybe with swelling, and…

Credit: Courtesy of Sawyer Broadley, Amey Zhang and Jeremy DeSilva. The fossil site of Malapa in the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa, discovered by Lee Berger of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in August 2008, has been…

Expansion plus lattice light-sheet microscopy provide rapid 3D images of brain tissueCredit: Video footage courtesy of HHMI, postproduction by UC Berkeley A new fly-through of the fly brain allows anyone to whizz past neurons and visit any…

Soda caused dehydration and kidney disease markers in simulated manual labor Rockville, Md. (January 17, 2019)--New research suggests that drinking sugary, caffeinated soft drinks while exercising in hot weather may increase the risk of…