Anxiety and Depressive Disorders Alter Brain Gene Activity
Researchers depression and anxiety alters energy metabolism in the brain.... Read More...
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Gene that Lets You Eat As Much As You Like Holds Promise Against Obesity
Removing the RCAN1 gene in mice reduced weight gain, even when the animals were fed high fat diets for prolonged periods of time. Researchers say the findings could help develop new treatments to help prevent obesity in humans.... Read More...
The Brain’s Tiny Thrill Seekers
Researchers discover numerous differences in microglia between males and females. In males, the study reports, microglia is more abundant and permanently at attention.... Read More...
Caffeine From Four Cups of Coffee Protects the Heart With the Help of Mitochondria
A new study reports caffeine concentration, the equivalent of four cups of coffee, can promote the movement of a regulatory protein into mitochondria. This can enhance mitochondrial function and protect heart cells from damage.... Read More...
Genes Associated with Infantile Forms of Schizophrenia Identified
Researchers have identified gene mutations responsible for childhood onset schizophrenia. ... Read More...
Molecular Mechanisms of Parkinson’s Disease Unraveled
In Parkinson's disease, alpha synuclein clumps move to and damage mitochondrial proteins, making them less efficient and causing the mitochondrial to burst, leaking out chemicals that tell the cells to die, researchers say.... Read More...
Astrocytes Help the Brain Tune Breathing Rhythms
A new study reveals the role astrocytes play in regulating breathing rhythms.... Read More...
How Our Skin Communicates with the Brain
Inhibition of the P2X4 protein receptor in sensory neurons decreases sensitivity to touch, a new study reports. The findings could have implications for the development of new topical treatments for psoriasis and dermatitis.... Read More...
Mitochondria in Brain May Be Source of Alzheimer’s
A highly toxic form of amyloid beta disrupts the normal function of mitochondria, researchers report.... Read More...
The End of ‘Pump Fiction’
Aarhus researchers provide new insight into the workings of the calcium pump.... Read More...
Brain Cells That Control Appetite Identified
Recent findings from University of Warwick researchers could help find new treatments to control eating habits that lead to obesity. Researchers discovered tanycytes detect amino acids from food and directly 'tell' the brain when we feel full. Certain food, such as chicken, lentils and avocados, activate tanycytes and make us feel fuller quicker.... Read More...
Low-Dose Diazepam Can Increase Social Competitiveness
Researchers from EPFL have uncovered how diazepam, a common anxiolytic, can increase mitochondrial activity in neural pathways associated with motivation.... Read More...