Why myelinated mammalian nerves are fast and allow high frequency
A new discovery in parts of the nerve called Nodes of Ranvier yielded an answer to rapid sensory and motor ...
Tag: Physiology
Zooming into cilia sheds light into blinding diseases
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A new study published today by researchers from Baylor College of Medicine and UT Health's ...
Talk to the hand
MU researchers find human brain can rewire itself after a traumatic bodily injuryCredit: University of Missouri Fans of the blockbuster ...
Stuck in a Polish nuclear weapon bunker cannibal wood ants found the way home
Credit: Wojciech Stephan In a recent development of the story about wood ants trapped in a post-Soviet nuclear weapon bunker ...
Here’s something that will raise your blood pressure
University of Tsukuba-led study shows that the apelin receptor and the α1A-adrenergic receptor work in a coordinated manner to control ...
A kinase identified as possible target to treat heart failure
New study identifies HIPK2 as a novel regulator of heart failure progressionCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - An unexplored kinase in ...
First South American insect that emits blue light is discovered
Larvae of a fungus gnat found in Iporanga, São Paulo State, Brazil, have bioluminescent properties previously observed only in species ...
Facebook and Instagram gave away the presence of the ‘Japan pig’ seahorse in Taiwan
Credit: Chao-Tsung Chen While monitoring of cryptic and elusive tiny creatures, such as pygmy seahorses that measure only 13 to ...
MIB2 enhances inflammation by degradation of CYLD
E3 ubiquitin ligase MIB2 enhances inflammation by degrading the deubiquitinating enzyme CYLDCredit: Ehime University The tumor suppressor CYLD lysine 63 ...
Severe drought shuts down reproduction in copperhead snakes, study finds
Credit: Photo by Chuck Smith CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A long-term study of copperhead snakes in a forest near Meriden, Connecticut, ...
Migratory birds are worse off in West Africa
Research undermines widely held idea that favorable conditions in winter habitat make up for the long, arduous migratory flightsCredit: Jeroen ...
New study points to another possible correlation between sleep and overall good health
NSU study shows that your gut microbiome and quality sleep are interconnectedCredit: Nova Southeastern University FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla. - As ...
New findings could improve diagnosis, treatment of depression
Scientists find potential biomarker for major symptom of depression: lack of motivationCredit: Image courtesy of Stephan Lammel, UC Berkeley Researchers ...
3D printing, bioinks create implantable blood vessels
A modified triple-coaxial 3D cell printing technique allows fabrication of multilayer blood vessels that have the unique biomolecules needed to ...
A blood factor involved in weight loss and aging
Credit: © Institut Pasteur Aging is a process that affects all functions of the human body, particularly brain function. However, ...
Transient and long-term disruption of gut microbes after antibiotics
Antibiotic treatment can disrupt the gut microbiome at the strain level, with changes lasting as long as 6 monthsCredit: UAB ...
Fish more tolerant than expected to low oxygen events
Credit: University of Exeter Fish may be more tolerant than previously thought to periods of low oxygen in the oceans, ...
Glucose wears down circadian clocks in obesity, may drive cardiovascular risk
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 22, 2019) - High glucose in obesity appears to gum ...
Insects share the same signaling pathway to form their 3-dimensional body
Credit: Siegfried Roth A signalling pathway controlling morphogenesis, the formation of the three-dimensional body shape in the fruit fly Drosophila, ...
Data mining applied to scholarly publications to finally reveal Earth’s biodiversity
Credit: P Kishor (Plazi) At a time when a million species are at risk of extinction, according to a recent ...
