Skeletal muscle loss exacerbated by diabetes improved with oligo DNA
Credit: Modified from Nakamura et al., Frontiers in Physiology (2021) 12: 679152 Skeletal muscle is the largest organ in the ...
Tag: Physiology
Resetting the biological clock by flipping a switch
Credit: Issey Takahashi The biological clock is present in almost all cells of an organism. As more and more evidence ...
Pain monitoring helps assess the effectiveness of opioid-sparing approaches during surgery
Credit: Medasense A new study has shown that effective opioid-sparing anaesthesia with dexmedetomidine can be guided with NOL pain monitoring ...
Vitamin B6 deficiency enhances the noradrenergic system, leading to behavioral deficits
Credit: TMIMS Schizophrenia is a heterogeneous psychiatric disorder characterized by positive symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions, negative symptoms such ...
Making the gray cells happy
Neutrons show a connection between lithium concentrations in the brain and depressionCredit: Wenzel Schuermann / TUM Depressive disorders are among ...
Telling up from down: How marine flatworms learn to sense gravity
Zoologists explore the mechanism and development of gravity-sensing ability in marine acoel flatwormsCredit: 2021 Okayama University All living organisms are ...
Worrying about your heart increases risk for mental health disorders
Heart-focused anxiety a significant predictor of depressionCredit: University of Houston For coffee drinkers, a common scenario might involve drinking an ...
Cardioids — heartbeat, heartbreak and recovery in a dish
Credit: ©Mendjan/IMBA Self-organizing heart organoids developed at IMBA - Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences - ...
Stress from 2016 US presidential election associated with increase in cardiac events
A first of its kind study showed a 77% increase in the risk of cardiac arrhythmias leading up to and ...
New study identifies plasticity disparities between patients with brain malformation
Patients with Corpus Callosum Dysgenesis present distinct reconfiguration of their neural connectionsCredit: Diego Szczpak Recently published in the scientific journal Brain ...
New insights into androgen’s action could boost battle against prostate cancer
Credit: Angela Paschal Researchers at UVA Cancer Center have unveiled important new insights into how hormones known as androgens act ...
TTUHSC study: Virus, restrictions increase mental health risks for nursing home caregivers
Credit: TTUHSC No matter one's age, race, gender, socioeconomic status or political party, COVID-19 has impacted everyone at some level. ...
Postsynaptic density consisting of tubulin-based postsynaptic density lattice backbone
Credit: Tatsuo Suzuki, Shinshu University A research group led by Specially appointed professor, Dr. Tatsuo Suzuki of Shinshu University School ...
Icing muscle injuries may delay recovery
Credit: Takamitsu Arakawa et al. A study using a mouse model of eccentric contraction (*1) has revealed that icing injured ...