Aug. 17, 2023 —Obesity leads to altered energy metabolism and reduced insulin sensitivity of cells. The so-called 'anti-obesity drugs' are increasingly used to treat obesity and have caused tremendous interest, ...
Aug. 17, 2023 —An international team of scientists has discovered an additional potential cause of the genetic mutations that result in rare neurodegenerative ...
Aug. 16, 2023 —Researcher discovers possible link of mitochondrial function to the development of ...
Aug. 16, 2023 —Scientists have uncovered how a newly discovered gene, NEK1, in which mutations have been linked to ALS cases, disrupts the function of the motor neuron and causes it to degenerate and ...
Aug. 18, 2023 —An estimated 1 in 4 older Americans with dementia or mild cognitive impairment lives alone and is at risk of practices like unsafe driving, wandering outside the home, mixing up medications and ...
Aug. 17, 2023 —New animal research suggests that little-studied brain cells known as astrocytes are major players in controlling sleep need and may someday help ...
Aug. 17, 2023 —Somatostatin, a signaling molecule produced by many inhibitory neurons in the brain, broadly dampens communication among a variety of cell types in the prefrontal cortex and promotes exploratory and ...
Aug. 17, 2023 —A team of researchers has demonstrated that the key to understanding working memory relies not only on what one is storing in memory, but also why. ...
Aug. 17, 2023 —The largest ever study of the genetics of the brain -- encompassing some 36,000 brain scans -- has identified more than 4,000 genetic variants linked ...
Aug. 17, 2023 —Researchers are using mathematical models to better understand the effects of disruptions like daylight savings time, working night shifts, jet lag or even late-night phone scrolling on the body's ...
