by University of California, San Francisco Some supposedly inert ingredients in common drugs—such as dyes and preservatives—may potentially be biologically active and could lead to unanticipated side effects, according to a preliminary new study by researchers from the UC San Francisco School of Pharmacy and the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR). Most medications include...
Wrist tendonitis is the inflammation of a tendon in the wrist. Tendons are thick, fibrous cords that connect muscles to bones. Tendonitis can occur as a result of an injury or repetitive motion that causes the tendon to rub against other bodily tissues, such as bone. A person’s wrist contains many tendons. Together, they allow...
Researchers have discovered a network of cells that appears to play a crucial role in putting experience into a temporal context NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IMAGE: THE ILLUSTRATION SHOWS THE EPISODIC TIME FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF A 4-HOUR-LONG SKI TRIP UP AND DOWN A STEEP MOUNTAIN, INCLUDING EVENTS THAT ALTER THE SKIER’S PERCEPTION OF TIME. ...
Thalamus eyed as potential treatment target for schizophrenia’s working memory deficits Long assumed to be a mere “relay,” an often-overlooked egg-like structure in the middle of the brain also turns out to play a pivotal role in tuning-up thinking circuity. A trio of studies in mice funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are...
