Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research and Harvard Medical School have now shown in mice that communication in the brain changes during a diet.
Scientists believe that the deep ocean circulation that forms around Antarctica is on the verge of collapsing. Such decline of this ocean circulation will stagnate the bottom of the oceans and generate further impacts affecting climate and marine ecosystems for centuries to come.
In a study published in Current Biology, Tulane psychology professor Jonathan Fadok, PhD, and postdoctoral researcher Lydia Smith-Osborne looked at two forms of psychosocial stress -- social isolation and social instability -- and how they manifest themselves based on social rank.
The drug, known as AF-130, was tested in an animal model at Waipapa Taumata Rau, the University of Auckland where researchers found it improved the heart's ability to pump, but, equally important, prevented sleep apnoea, which itself reduces lifespan (see Nature Communications).
Research discovered that people with depression and anxiety who had a traumatic childhood often grew up to be angry adults, and that the more severe the trauma, the more enraged the adult. This complicates the treatment of depression and anxiety, in addition to having an effect on social int
The findings of researchers at Rutgers, the University of Michigan, the University of Texas Southwestern, and the Medical University of South Carolina could save lives by allowing for the faster and more accurate identification of hospitalised patients who require liver transplants or are li
In a remarkable display of determination and vision, three young boys from the region namely Nasir Khuehami, Ummar Jamal, and Arshad Hussain Lone have embarked on a journey to set up their own think tank.
A new University of British Columbia study challenges the long-held belief that a baby's gut microbiome is predominantly moulded by their mother's vaginal microbiome, while also giving fresh insight on the variables that do impact its development.