by Erin Matthews, Canadian Light Source Schematic depiction of coronal brain sections, ROIs, and color scales (A). Comparison of male (B) and estrus (C) and diestrus (D) female PT stroke brain sections at 24-hours post-stroke. Representative metabolites and elemental maps from FTIR spectroscopic imaging and XFI, respectively. Scale bars in B for H&E, XFI, and...
by Jennifer Shu Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Q: Our daughter is crawling and exploring, and we are hurrying to childproof our house. What are some areas that we might overlook? A: As you go through and childproof your home, you’ll likely pay special attention to certain areas like the nursery, bathroom and kitchen. But some safety...
by Nottingham Trent University Graphical abstract. Credit: Progress in Neurobiology (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2022.102313 Tiny “nano-shuttles” transport a damaging cargo around the brain where it goes on to play a role in the degeneration of cells, a study has suggested. Scientists at Nottingham Trent University and the National Research Council Institute of Neuroscience in Milan have established how...
by Indiana University Screenshot of OneSheet, annotated. © 2022 Epic Systems Corporation. Credit: JAMIA Open (2022). DOI: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooac074 The Chronic Pain OneSheet, a clinical decision support tool developed by the Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, is now available for all primary care providers this month at Eskenazi Health. Designed to help primary care providers treat patients with...
by Boston University School of Medicine Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Consciousness is your awareness of yourself and the world around you. This awareness is subjective and unique to you. A Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine researcher has developed a new theory of consciousness, explaining why it developed, what it is good for, which...
by Garvan Institute of Medical Research Professor Mike Rogers. Credit: Garvan Institute of Medical Research A new study from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research shows how rises in core body temperature may trigger the inflammatory flares in people with a rare genetic autoinflammatory disease. The recessive disorder, called mevalonate kinase deficiency (MKD), is caused...
by Jessica Colarossi, Boston University It might be hard to believe, but this is a picture of a memory. In this image, the blue dots are positive memory cells, and the red dots are negative memory cells. Memories exist in the brain as networks of cells called engrams, and are stored and processed all over...
by La Jolla Institute for Immunology Scanning electron micrograph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, which cause TB. Credit: NIAID Everyone breathes in Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) bacteria from time to time, but most people don’t get sick. These bacteria, cousins of the deadly Mycobacterium tuberculosis, tend to live out their harmless little lives in food, soil, water, or...
by University of California – San Diego Patients with spinocerebellar ataxia type 14 display cerebellar atrophy (right, green arrow) compared to age-matched healthy controls (left). Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences Spinocerebellar ataxias are a group of neurodegenerative diseases characterized by the degeneration of Purkinje cells, a major class of neurons in the cerebellum. The...
By Ben Coxworth September 30, 2022 Once available, the Halo Rise will be priced at US$139.99Amazon While there are already a number of sleep-tracking systems to choose between, many of them are made by small startups without much of a track record. Electronics giant Amazon has now thrown its hat in the ring, however, with the unveiling...
