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Aη, or A-eta, made an initial splash when scientists reported that these fragments of amyloid precursor protein—products of a heretofore unknown cleavage—dampen neural activity. But how? The story ...

Information theory and network physiology are rapidly converging fields that offer powerful frameworks for unraveling the complexities of living systems. At ...

Nitrate has many physiological functions: (1) brain: preventing stroke and Alzheimer’s disease; (2) cardiovascular: lowering blood pressure, alleviating ischemia-reperfusion injury, preventing ...

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are expressed on the surface of cells and regulate a range of important functions. Because they are involved in so many sensory and physiological processes, ...

An Thought Leaders Invited Review published today in Genomic Psychiatry by Dr. Peng Lei and colleagues presents a sweeping synthesis of tau protein research that fundamentally reframes our ...

Biologists at the University of Fribourg have been looking at a threadworm gene which also occurs in humans. This gene could be central to a genetic system which is responsible for development, ...