Study describes activity-regulated genetic program underlying synapse formation during development
Neuronal activity modulates synapse formation in the developing PDE axon. a, Schematic representation and line scan of the PDE axon ...
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Study finds RNA molecule controls butterfly wing coloration
Shown here is a long-winged butterfly whose wing (right) has been modified using CRISPR gene editing, resulting in a radical ...
Study combines data and molecular simulations to accelerate drug discovery
The general principle of the novel connectivity-enhanced structure-activity relationship (ceSAR) approach that ranks candidate molecules based on their similarity to ...
Study shows how common genetic variants in black Americans increase risk of Alzheimer’s disease
Graphic summary. Credits: Cellular genomics (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.xgen.2024.100642 Researchers at Columbia University have discovered how variants of the ABCA7 gene, ...
Virtual and augmented reality can temporarily change how people perceive distance, study finds
Xiaoye Michael Wang, a research associate, placed a virtual reality display on the face of study participant Colin Dolynski. Credit: ...
Norovirus study shows how bile acids in breast milk affect newborn gut health
Graphic summary. Credit: Cellular host and microbe (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2024.08.003 A University of Florida researcher has conducted the first-ever study ...
Music study links attenuation of emotional reactions in anhedonia to prolonged activity in the brain’s attentional networks
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Anhedonia is associated with abnormally sustained activity in the brain areas responsible for attention. Researchers from ...
Heatwaves impair bumblebees’ ability to detect floral scents, study finds
The common honey bee (Bombus pascuorum) feeds on Galeopsis speciosa in the Austrian Alps. If it is too warm, the ...
Study Links Cardiovascular Fitness to Brain Health
Examples of axial and sagittal MWF parameter maps averaged over participants with lower, moderate, and higher VO2max levels. Participants were ...
Billions of people worldwide consume insufficient levels of micronutrients essential for human health, new study finds
Credits: Mikhail Nilov from Pexels More than half of the world's population does not consume enough micronutrients essential for health, ...
