The amazing capacity to heal from spinal cord damage, a jawless fish known as the lamprey has drawn the attention of scientists for nearly 50 years. Despite just partial brain regeneration, a recent study suggests a potential method lampreys might use to swim once more after spinal injury.
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.
The BNG study also looked at each country's population, average monthly salary, GDP and GDP per capita. Furthermore, happiness score, the cost of living, and quality of life were included in calculating the final index score to find out where the most content employees reside, as these me
People all over the world are drawn to making and consuming art, and human emotions are a key theme in visual, musical, and performance art. Nevertheless, the mechanisms behind the emotions evoked by art are still poorly understood.
"More than three crores, three and a half crores almost Indians or people of Indian origin are working, studying, living abroad. For us today, the world is a work place. Our students can go, our professionals can go, our blue collar people can go," the EAM said while interacting with the int
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).
Gastric bypass and related procedures, known collectively as bariatric surgery, offer one solution, often resulting in lasting weight loss and even remission of diabetes. But these operations carry risk, aren't suitable for everyone and aren't accessible for many of the hundreds of millions
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
Using the most recent advances in brain imaging techniques, scientists have gained new insights into the part of the brain that gives us a sense of direction