Two images of nerve endings in the amygdala (where fear signals are received and interpreted). On the left, there are no labels and two distinct vesicles in the nerve endings can be seen. On the right, neuropeptide sensors… S..
Category : Health Trends – Australia
DIY smear tests for women in England may be imminent, after a pilot scheme produced promising results. In London, 27,000 undertested or untested women were offered a DIY kit by their GP or were sent one by post; 56% of the first group did the test and 13% of the second, presumably picking up… Source ..
A UNIGE team shows that overly strong or weak interconnections between certain brain areas could be a predictive marker of the disease. Is it possible to assess an individual’s risk of psychosis? Identifying predictive markers is a key challenge in psychiatry. A team from the… S..
So, what really is sleep apnea? An endless state of fatigue Even if you try to sleep more on weekends, you feel unrefreshed and fatigued. This disturbed sleep makes you feel… S..
Adrian Owen (left) and Karnig Kazazian combine different neuroimaging methods to assess patients at the bedside in the first few days after their brain injury. Credit: Christopher Kindratsky/Western Communications … S..
Despite the significant progress made in developing effective, safe, and cost-effective medicines that enhance the quality of life of individuals with neurological disorders, these medicines remain largely inaccessible. A new WHO report, Improving Access to Medicines for Neurological Disorders,… S..
Credit: CC0 Public Domain People who know more than one language may have a better chance of maintaining their cognitive ability late into life or after neurodegenerative conditions, says an expert… S..
Time is relative, and not only in an astrophysical sense – we’re all familiar with that feeling that time drags when we’re bored and flies when we’re busy. New analysis of brain activity patterns shows how our brains track time, and some intriguing insights into how cells handle it. Our… S..
Danielle, 36, started forgetting names and experiencing insomnia. Her GP said she was too young for the menopause, but she knew something was wrong S..
Morphological abnormalities in backcross hybrid males at the pupal stage To investigate the developmental dynamics and extent of abnormalities associated with hybrid incompatibilities in Aedes mosquitoes, we obtained backcross progeny of generation 1 (BC1) by following the crossing scheme of the… S..