A pilot human clinical trial conducted by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine reveals that supplementation with GlyNAC – a combination of glycine and N-acetylcysteine as precursors of the natural antioxidant glutathione – could improve many age-associated defects in older humans to improve muscle strength and cognition, and promote healthy aging. Elderly couple. Image credit: Bridget Coila...
APRIL 13TH, 2021 CONN HASTINGSE Researchers at the Nagoya Institute of Technology in Japan have developed a device that can diagnose and help to correct postural instability leading to back pain. The technique involves using vibration to stimulate sensory receptors that help the brain to perceive the position of the body in space, which is known as...
Niacinamide and retinol are skin care ingredients that can treat acne and an uneven skin tone. While some people use them separately, others combine them to reap the benefits of both. In this article, we discuss the benefits of niacinamide and retinol for skin health, and we explain how to use them together as part...
by Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Neurons typically consist of a cell body or ‘soma’, dendrites and axon. The dendrites are branched structures that receive signals from other neurons, while axons transmit signals to other neurons. Purkinje neurons have the most extensive dendritic branching of all neurons in the brain. Credit: Bingata artwork by Hazel...
by Ingrid Fadelli , Medical Xpress Credit: Lilascharoen et al. Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that manifests itself through a diverse range of motor and non-motor symptoms, including shaking and stiffness of the limbs, as well as difficulties in maintaining balance and coordination, walking and talking. As the disease progresses, these symptoms typically...
by Vienna University of Technology Credit: Allard Mosk/Matthias Kühmayer Why is sugar not transparent? Because light that penetrates a piece of sugar is scattered, altered and deflected in a highly complicated way. However, as a research team from TU Wien (Vienna) and Utrecht University (Netherlands) has now been able to show, there is a class of very special...
by University of York Differential brain activity patterns in the retrieval of long-term memory types. Credit: Nature Communications (2021). A shared set of systems in the brain may play an important role in controlling the retrieval of facts and personal memories utilized in everyday life, new research shows. Scientists from the University of York say their findings may...
by Bayreuth University Microscopic image of the Mauthner cell of a goldfish. The cell was stained using neurobiotin/streptavidin-Cy3. Credit: Peter Machnik The plasticisers contained in many everyday objects can impair important brain functions in humans. Biologists from the University of Bayreuth warn of this danger in an article in Communications Biology. Their study shows that even small...
by King’s College London Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research shows that people who experience big dips in blood sugar levels, several hours after eating, end up feeling hungrier and consuming hundreds more calories during the day than others. A study published today in Nature Metabolism, from PREDICT, the largest ongoing nutritional research program in the world that looks at responses...
by Keck School of Medicine of USC Neural stem cell clones in young (green) and old (red) mouse brains. Credit: Albina Ibrayeva/Bonaguidi Lab In a new study published in Cell Stem Cell, a team led by USC Stem Cell scientist Michael Bonaguidi, Ph.D., demonstrates that neural stem cells—the stem cells of the nervous system—age rapidly. “There is...
