Although predisposing processes occur earlier, schizophrenia breaks out at young adulthood, suggesting it might involve a pathological transition during late
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The birth of vision, from the retina to the brain
How is the retina formed? And how do neurons differentiate to become individual components of the visual system? By focusing
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Mechanism inducing self-killing of cancer cells
Researchers have described a new mechanism which induces the self-killing of cancer cells by perturbing ion homeostasis. A research team
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How some older brains decline before people realize it
Some older adults without noticeable cognitive problems have a harder time than younger people in separating irrelevant information from what
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First step to induce self-repair in the central nervous system
Damaged peripheral nerves can regenerate after an injury, for example, following a forearm fracture. Axons, the long projections of neurons
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Children living in countryside outperform children living in metropolitan area in motor skills: Young children’s daily living environment and motor skills are closely related in the Finnish context
In a recent study with 3 to 7-year-old children provided an example of how children’s daily living environment and motor
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Afraid of food? The answer may be in the basal forebrain
After fasting for 24 hours the typical laboratory mouse spends much time eating. Surprisingly, this is not what Jay M.
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Key step in cell protein production
Scientists at the University of Sheffield have discovered how genes create proteins in research which could aid the development of
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Fooling nerve cells into acting normal: Discovery could inform future studies related to spinal cord injuries, multiple sclerosis and epilepsy
Nerve cells, or neurons — specifically the “workhorse cells” involved in walking, breathing and chewing — can adjust to changes
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People can survive organ failure, a review explores how
Although organ failure can be fatal, your kidneys, heart, and liver are prepared for this catastrophe. Emerging research supports the
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