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The neural circuit responsible for delaying the onset of puberty in underfed mice has been discovered in a study by neuroscientists at RIKEN. The same circuit is expected to play a similar role in humans too.
May 15, 2025
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Early-life adversity affects more than half of the world's children and is a significant risk factor for cognitive and mental health problems later in life. In an extensive and up-to-the-minute review of research in this ...
Mar 17, 2025
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A specific brain mechanism modulates how animals respond empathetically to others' emotions. This is the latest finding from the research unit Genetics of Cognition, led by Francesco Papaleo, Principal Investigator at the ...
Dec 12, 2024
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A research team has unveiled an adrenal independent pathway, the hypothalamus-sympathetic-liver (HSL) axis, to mediate stress-induced glucose release. Their study is published in Nature Communications.
Oct 29, 2024
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Sexual reproduction is protected by a sophisticated network of regulatory systems functioning in a coordinated manner. Within this framework, some of the most important molecules are kisspeptins, proteins produced mostly ...
Aug 29, 2024
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Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is a rare X-linked neuromuscular disorder that results from an abnormal expansion of gene sequences in the androgen receptor gene. SBMA has an adult onset and is a slowly progressive ...
Aug 21, 2024
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Nearly 40 million adults in the U.S. have sleep apnea, and more than 30 million of them use a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine while sleeping. However, the machines tend to be expensive, clunky and uncomfortable—resulting ...
Jul 23, 2024
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Scientists from Nagoya University in Japan have clarified the relationship between energy levels and fertility in animals and humans. They identified signaling from serotonergic neurons as important for maintaining reproductive ...
May 8, 2024
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A University of California, Irvine-led team has found evidence of a potential link between patterns of changes in a key pregnancy hormone—placental corticotropin-releasing hormone—and symptoms of postpartum depression.
May 2, 2024
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Neuroscientists at Scripps Research have found that inhibiting neurons involved in the body's stress response may reduce alcohol consumption in people who have both post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol use disorder ...
Mar 21, 2024
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