Physiology

Credit: Virginia Tech Epidemic. Pandemic. These terms have become second nature to us, popping up in everyday conversation, and for good reason -- COVID-19 is the latest pandemic to pose a threat to humanity. But in recent…

Credit: TMIMS Anti-NMDA receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis was first reported to develop in female young adults with ovarian teratoma. However, another study with a larger cohort reported that more than one-third of all patients with…

The research group created a virus capable of acting on specific adult brain regions, helping to elucidate the role of key neurons in the prefrontal cortex; they tested the technique on miceCredit: Nicolas Guyon Researchers used genetic…

Conclusion was drawn from a study that involved 92 adolescents aged 11-18; the findings underscore the importance of considering differences between the sexes when treatment is planned By Karina Ninni | Agência FAPESP – A study of 92…

Implementation of an oral care protocol for primary diabetes care: A pilot cluster-randomized controlled trial Individuals with diabetes are at greater risk of developing oral health issues, like gum disease, yet care for these linked…

Association between third-generation fluoroquinolones and achilles tendon rupture: A self-controlled case series analysis It's widely understood that people taking a common class of antibiotics, like ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin, run the…

Credit: Vince Calhoun, Georgia Tech Covid-19 patients who receive oxygen therapy or experience fever show reduced gray matter volume in the frontal-temporal network of the brain, according to a new study led by researchers at…

Credit: Tel Aviv University Using Zebrafish, researchers from the School of Neurobiology, Biochemistry and Biophysics at the Faculty of Life Sciences of Tel Aviv University have developed an advanced simulation of a key process in the…

Credit: Sur Lab/MIT Picower Institute Like many around the world, the lab of Professor Mriganka Sur in The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT has embraced the young technology of cerebral organoids, or "minibrains,"…

To make sense of complex environments, brain waves constantly adapt, compensating for drastically different sound and vision processing speeds Every high-school physics student learns that sound and light travel at very different speeds.…

Endometriosis, a disease found in up to 10 per cent of women, has been enigmatic since it was first described. A new theory developed by researchers at Simon Fraser University suggests a previously overlooked hormone -- testosterone --…

Researchers introduce new factor to explain stress while drivingCredit: University of Houston Admit it: Daily commutes - those stops, the starts, all that stress - gets on your last nerve. Or is that just me? It might be,…

Blocking a gene could aid cardiac health but prove lethal, light may be the key AURORA, Colo. (May 10, 2021) - Looking to safely block a gene linked to factors known to cause heart disease, scientists at the University of Colorado Anschutz…

URBANA, Ill. - Sweet corn growers and processors could be bringing in more profits by exploiting natural density tolerance traits in certain hybrids. That's according to 2019 research from USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and…

University of South Florida Health preclinical study finds that inhibiting lipoxygenase with a drug alters innate inflammatory response, delaying heart tissue repair after cardiac injuryCredit: USF Health/University of South Florida …

Credit: Sanna Hedin Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have made several discoveries on the functioning mechanisms of the inner hair cells of the ear, which convert sounds into nerve signals that are processed in the brain.…

Credit: Lou Almskog Low levels of serotonin in the brain are seen as a possible cause of depression and many antidepressants act by blocking a protein that transports serotonin away from the nerve cells. A brain imaging study…

Credit: University of Kentucky A University of Kentucky College of Medicine professor has been awarded a $1.9 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant for his research on the body's immune response to sepsis, which could…

New research published in Experimental Physiology highlight the possible long term health impacts of COVID-19 on young, relatively healthy adults who were not hospitalized and who only had minor symptoms due to the virus. Increased…

Credit: Marten Exterkate, University of Groningen Cells of all life forms are surrounded by a membrane that is made of phospholipids. One of these are the cardiolipins, which form a separate class due to their unique structure.…