Credit: NIPS/NINS There are three kinds of glial cells in the brain, oligodendrocyte, astrocyte and microglia. Oligodendrocytes myelinate neuronal axons to increase conduction velocity of...
A new study, published in the Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment journal, examines this by critically reviewing the literature. The Zika virus is an arbovirus spread...
Credit: Kirsty Challen, BSc, MBChB, MRes, PhD, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, United Kingdom. DES PLAINES, IL– A multidisciplinary approach aimed at providing emergency physicians with a...
Credit: (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo) University of Connecticut researchers have developed a device that tests an important indicator of heart health that is often ignored –...
Credit: Wayne State University DETROIT – Researchers in the Wayne State University School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences will use a new...
New Rochelle, NY, November 23, 2015–A study performed on the NASA Space Shuttle Discovery showed that exposure of mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) to microgravity...
Credit: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston GALVESTON, Texas – A group of scientists led by Ramkumar Menon at The University of Texas...
IMAGE: The Hippo pathway helps fight off the body's would-be invaders. Credit: Credit: © I-Hsun Wu 2016 During an animal's embryonic development, a chemical chain...
Credit: Laura Schnettger, Francis Crick Institute A natural mechanism by which our cells kill the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis (TB) has been discovered by scientists...
Researchers have demonstrated that women with a history of preeclampsia, a pregnancy complication characterized by high blood pressure, have as much as a 90% decrease...
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – June 22, 2017 – The leading cause of acute gastroenteritis linked to eating raw seafood disarms a key host defense...
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Proteins and drugs are often attached to lipids to promote crystallization or ensure delivery to targeted...
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — An analysis of nearly 200 independent studies involving more than 230,000 adult participants finds that having...
Credit: Photo Sjouke Anne Kingma Birds will sometimes care for the offspring of other birds of their own species if they anticipate future benefits. Being...
Credit: University of Seville The researchers LucÃa MartÃn Banderas and Mercedes Fernández Arévalo, from the I+DNanomed research group at the University of Seville, have patented...
