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A gene called Npas4, already known to play a key role in balancing excitatory and inhibitory inputs in brain cells, appears to also be a master timekeeper for the brain's circadian clock, new research led by UT Southwestern scientists suggests.
Hispanics and Latinos in the U.S. who perceive themselves as having higher social status are more likely to have ideal markers of cardiovascular health, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
>> thank you so much angus watson live in sydney. the most heavily populated city in africa under water. sea levels in lagos are rising dramatically due to climate change leaving carrings and houses submerged an economy in crisis. cnn reports. >> reporter: even in the best of times, lagos is a difficult city to live in. now they've had in mid july some of of the worst flooding in recent years. that's saying something because this is a city that floods every year between march and november. now nigeria's agency is predicting some catastrophic flooding in september, which will be the peak of t...
3D imaging reveals degeneration of liver sympathetic nerves in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease With the application of a novel three-dimensional imaging technology, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered that one portion of the autonomic nervous system in the liver undergoes severe degeneration in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The study, which is conducted in mice and human liver tissue, shows that the degeneration of nerves is correlated with the severity of liver pathology. The results are being published in the journal Science Advances. Non-alcoholic fatty li...
Researchers investigate the prevalence of food insecurity and insufficiency among emerging adults University of Minnesota School of Public Health researchers recently completed a study to determine how food-insecure young (emerging) adults (18-29 years of age) adapted their eating and child feeding behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic. The researchers also sought to identify barriers to food access and opportunities to improve local access to resources for emerging adults. Their study results are published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The steep rise in food ins...