An artificial cardiac patch helps improve heart attack damage in both rat and pig models. The patch can deliver cell-derived healing factors directly to the site of injury, improving cardiac tissue repair.
Periostin can directly activate neurons associated with itching. Blocking periostin receptors reduced itch response in mouse models of chronic allergic itching.
Spending time outdoors and helping to control fears can help children process their negative emotions.
Subsequent search miss causes a reduction in the ability to detect an additional hazard when they spot another. The findings could help modify driver training to help reduce accidents and to develop in-vehicle technologies that focus on accident reduction.
Bartonella infection may contribute to progressive psychiatric symptoms associated with schizophrenia and PANS in a subset of patients.
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··5 min readResearchers shed light on how people decide whether certain behaviors are moral or immoral.
Researchers have developed a new personality test they say is faster to take and harder to manipulate. The test relies on a technique called rapid response measurement, in which users only have a few seconds to answer questions about themselves.
Researchers say stress plays a significant role in how old young adults feel. The study reveals stressful events above the norm can make emerging adults feel at least one year older than they are.
Researchers implicate the neuropeptide NPPB in generating the itching sensation symptomatic of eczema.
A new technology for decoding neuromuscular signals may help make prosthetic hands easier for patients to use, researchers report.
Researchers say those over 60 are better at predicting stressful events at home than younger people. However, younger people are better at utilizing these predictions to minimize the adverse impact of stress.
A new qualitative review calls into question previous findings about the neuroscience of free will.
