Our visual system is constantly bombarded with complex optical information. The input information is often insufficient or ambiguous, leading to potentially conflicting interpretations about the structure of the physical ...
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Recent evidence suggests a link between cholesterol metabolism and innate immunity. Upon viral infection, macrophages show reduced cholesterol synthesis accompanied by enhanced expression of antiviral genes, including type ...
Dec 27, 2019
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One of the most common biofilm-related infections is dental caries which affects more than 60% of children and almost all adults around the world.
Jun 20, 2022
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Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep brings about brief but periodic awakenings. In 1966, Dr. Frederick Snyder reported the "sentinel" function of REM could help animals prepare a fight or flight response against potential predator ...
Jan 21, 2022
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Aging is a risk factor for the development of osteoarthritis (OA), a chronic disease characterized by degeneration of articular cartilage leading to pain and physical disability. Senescent mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) are ...
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In human, the skin is one of the organs that exhibit early-onset aging-associated dysfunction. As a critical physical barrier, the skin is composed of a variety of cell types including fibroblasts and keratinocytes. Due to ...
Nov 27, 2020
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Social anhedonia is a reduced ability to experience pleasure from social interaction. It is one of the core features for negative symptoms in schizophrenia. Recent findings suggest that people with a high level of social ...
Aug 24, 2022
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Neurological soft signs (NSS) are one of the most important biomarkers for schizophrenia. These signs mainly cover motor coordination, disinhibition, and sensory integration domains, and have been found to be associated with ...
Jul 11, 2022
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A research team led by Dr. Tu Yiheng from the Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has found that people with chronic pain in multiple parts of the body had a higher risk of dementia and experienced ...
Feb 22, 2023
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How neat is your handwriting? The accuracy of the answer to this question relies on metacognition, the introspective evaluation of the success of cognitive processing. Despite extensive investigation of the brain architectures ...
Jul 27, 2021
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