Tag: Physiology

Credit: S. El Aidy, University of Groningen Patients with Parkinson's disease are treated with levodopa, which is converted into dopamine, ...

Fish otoliths record information on fish metabolism; analyses of old and new otoliths can therefore provide new knowledge about how ...

Credit: Courtesy of Sawyer Broadley, Amey Zhang and Jeremy DeSilva. The fossil site of Malapa in the Cradle of Humankind, ...

Soda caused dehydration and kidney disease markers in simulated manual labor Rockville, Md. (January 17, 2019)--New research suggests that drinking ...

Scientists have pinpointed cells in the immune system that could be key to tackling high blood pressure. The findings also ...

A critical gel-like structure in the inner ear moves according to a sound's frequency, researchers findCredit: Jonathan Sellon, MIT micromechanics ...

Credit: © Helmholtz Zentrum München/Carolin Jacklin To visualize processes in living organisms is the goal of Dr. Oliver Bruns and ...

(A) Ketone bodies (acetoacetic acid, β hydroxybutyric acid) are typically decomposed into acetyl CoA in the mitochondria and become energy ...

Credit: Agnieszka Rybak Wolf, Lab of Nikolaus Rajewsky at BIMSB / MDC Our body's cells are constantly changing. But which ...

A model of central retinal vein occlusion that mimics many of its clinical features has been developed to test new ...

Japanese scientists have shown that a new class of sleeping pill preserves the ability to wake in response to a ...

Finding provides potential for increased disease resistance in cropsCredit: WSU Photos Washington State University researchers have discovered the way plants ...

An evolutionarily advantageous process goes awry Type-2 (adult-onset) diabetes and other diseases related to the obesity epidemic depend on how ...

Credit: Murat Yildirim et. al. Just like doctors seek to scan deeper into the body with sonograms, CT and MRI, ...