Anxiety and depression are significantly heightened during times of great stress such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, psychosocial stress is a major contributing factor to anxiety and depression.
It works like a very fine “molecular knob” able to modulate the electrical activity of the neurons of our cerebral cortex, crucial to the functioning of our brain.
Research led by Si-Qiong June Liu, MD, Ph.D., Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, has shown how stress changes the
Researchers working to understand the brain at a high-definition, single-cell level of detail have designed a new computer program to identify each nerve cell in fluorescent microscope images
In a first-of-its-kind study using advanced brain imaging techniques, a commonly used anti-psychotic medication was associated with potentially adverse changes in brain structure. This study was the first
Using a robot to treat brain aneurysms is feasible and could allow for improved precision when placing stents, coils and other devices, according to late breaking science presented
Forty years since its discovery, much remains to be discovered about an enzyme called CaMKII that plays a key role in shaping learning and memory in the brain.
In Biology 101 you were taught that inside each cell, tiny strands of a molecule called RNA “transcribe” the genetic code in your DNA, the first step in
Pooled analysis of three phase 1 and 2 clinical trials published online ahead of print in the journal Lancet Oncology show that the drug entrectinib is effective and
Personal trainer’s dizziness turned out to be caused by a brain tumour that surgeons had to remove while keeping her AWAKE in a 10-hour operation Nichole Bates was diagnosed
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