Sound changes the way rodents sense touch
Credit: Shoji Komai Our eyes, ears and skin are responsible for different senses. Moreover, our brain assigns these senses to ...
Tag: Physiology
Confronting the side effects of a common anti-cancer treatment
UMass Amherst researchers study origins of adverse effects AMHERST, Mass. - Results of a new study by neuroscientists at the ...
Regulation of feeding behavior and energy metabolism by galanin-like peptide (GALP)
The article by Dr. Seiji Shioda et al. is published in Current Pharmaceutical Design, 2018 Galanin-like peptide (GALP) is a ...
For gait transitions, stability often trumps energy savings
Test results from mammals and birds emphasize risk reductionCredit: Caleb Bryce from the Botswana Predator Conservation Trust A dog's gait, ...
New walking cavefish study explores origins of quadrapedal walking
Credit: NJIT A new research collaboration between New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Louisiana State University (LSU) and University of ...
First steps
Scientists launch evolutionary study to explore the origins of fish that walk A new research collaboration with support from the ...
Brain confetti — why our sense of smell declines in old age
Credit: © Helmholtz Zentrum München In mammals, generation of new neurons (neurogenesis) is mainly limited to early childhood and occurs ...
Diabetes drug could be used to treat common heart failure syndrome, study suggests
Credit: iStock.com/theasis Researchers at the University of Arizona have discovered that metformin, a drug commonly used to treat type 2 ...
Scientists discover over 450 fossilized millipedes in 100-million-year-old amber
Credit: Dr Thomas Wesener Since the success of the Jurassic Park film series, it is widely known that insects from ...
How does your garden grow in space?
Researchers compare two methods of transcriptome analysis to understand how plants adapt to microgravity Astronauts in low-earth orbit could use ...
Today's children reach bone maturity earlier, study reveals
Findings establish 'New normal' for when children reach fullCredit: University of Missouri Health COLUMBIA, Mo. (December 17, 2018) - Children ...
Baboon sexes differ in how social status gets 'under the skin'
Status-health connection depends, in part, on what it takes to get aheadCredit: Photo by Elizabeth Archie, University of Notre Dame ...
Harvard's Wyss Institute commences project to identify means to induce a state of suspended animation
High-risk initiative aims to develop 'Time-Tolerant Biostasis Therapeutics' that slow down critical processes in the human body to gain time ...
A method to monitor indoor crop health no matter what planet you're on
A user-friendly, cost-effective protocol to use SI-NDVI imaging for early, remote detection of plant stressCredit: Nicole S. Beisel, Jordan B. ...
Exercise following weight loss may reduce colorectal cancer risk, study finds
Physical activity + weight reduction could lessen chances of tumor development Rockville, Md. (December 12, 2018)--New research suggests that exercise ...
Dopamine's yin-yang personality: It's an upper and a downer
Known as a reward that makes us seek pleasure, dopamine also reinforces avoidance of painCredit: Christine Liu graphic For decades, ...
When scientists push people to their tipping point
We're bad at knowing when we will fall -- or when we're uprightCredit: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio - You ...
News about a plant hormone
Credit: Dirk Becker Jasmonic acid is not just the aromatic odor of the plant Jasminum grandiflorum used in cosmetics and ...
Mom, I can't recognize your face from profile view!
Babies recognize faces from profile view in the second half of the first year of lifeCredit: Chuo University Tokyo, Japan ...
Subtype of immune B cells can delay type 1 diabetes onset in mice
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Michigan Medical ...
