Focal cortical dysplasia is a malformation of the cerebral cortex associated with one of the most severe types of epilepsy. Treatment is difficult owing to...
A study examining children released from the emergency room after a minor head injury finds:Credit: Shamir Medical Center (Assaf Harofeh) A study examining children released...
The supercontinent divide—Unravelling an incident of a bygone ageCredit: Provided by Kunio Kaiho, Professor Emeritus, Tohoku University The supercontinent divide—Unravelling an incident of a bygone...
West Nile virus, Usutu virus, Zika virus, and St. Louis encephalitis virus are all transmitted by mosquitoes and cause a significant threat to human health.Credit:...
The ancestors of many animal species alive today may have lived in a delta in what is now China, new research suggests.Credit: Dr Xiaoya Ma...
SAN DIEGO, March 23, 2022 — Women have many choices for birth control, ranging from pills to patches to intrauterine devices, and partly as a...
A new study published in the journal BRAIN shows for the first time that neurons in the spinal cord process pain signals differently in women...
People with congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB) are unable to distinguish objects in dim-light conditions. This impairment presents challenges, especially where artificial lighting is unavailable...
The stress hormone cortisol reduces altruistic behavior and alters activity in brain regions linked to social decision making — but only in people who are...
A novel system to control protein aggregation in a model of Parkinson’s disease may answer longstanding questions about how the disease begins and spreads, according...
Investigators at the Brigham and the Broad Institute have created specialized, tissue-like structures in the laboratory to model barrier tissues, such as the intestines, to...
A Faculty of Medicine team from the University of Ottawa and their international collaborators have shown proof of concept for an entirely new therapeutic approach...
LA JOLLA, CA—When a heavy alcohol drinker tries to take a night off, their body protests, with shaky hands, heart palpitations, anxiety and headaches. These...
URBANA, Ill. – To accurately diagnose and treat diseases, doctors and researchers need to see inside bodies. Medical imaging tools have come a long way...
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — While scientists have broadly agreed that a fraction of the alcohol people consume is broken down before it reaches the bloodstream in...
