A recent study from Johns Hopkins Medicine reveals that both the liver and brain contribute pathways to differing symptoms of the same rare inherited disorder.

Alzheimer's disease not only robs people of their memory but also affects mood, often causing anxiety and depression. Until now, scientists haven't fully understood how these symptoms are connected in ...

Although metformin has been the go-to medication to manage type 2 diabetes for more than 60 years, researchers still do not have a complete picture of how it works. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

Preclinical studies on animals have identified brain pathways that drive quick, protective fear responses to "scary" sounds. Emmanouela Kosteletou-Kassotaki and colleagues, from the University of ...

A polysaccharide extracted from Gastrodia elata, a traditional Chinese herb long used to treat dizziness and epilepsy, has emerged as a surprisingly powerful anti-aging agent in a new study published ...

Researchers at Stanford Medicine have pinpointed a brain region that may drive autism-related behaviors. They report that dialing down its activity reversed symptoms in mice engineered to model autism ...

In a new study, researchers from North Carolina State University show that itch sensations in the face are perceived differently from those in the body due to differences in signaling between ...

Newswise — Alzheimer’s disease not only robs people of their memory but also affects mood, often causing anxiety and depression. Until now, scientists haven’t fully understood how these symptoms are ...