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neurotransmitters
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Brain metabo-PET to anticipate Alzheimer onset: astrocytes and their anomalous cycles under the spotlights
Alzheimer's disease (AD), one of the major causes of dementia, is known to be associated with neuroinflammation in the brain. While traditional neuroscience has...
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Antidepressants: delving into resistance to enhance mood compliance
Major depressive disorder is a debilitating illness that affects more than 350 million people around the world. Medications and psychotherapy are effective for most...
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Epilepsy: stem cell transplant is feasible and fights drug-resistant cases
About 3.4 million Americans, or 1.2% of the population, have active epilepsy. Although the majority respond to medication, between 20 and 40% of patients...
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Microbiota: western diet and gut bacteria trying to keep the balance
Diet appears to be a major factor that influences the composition of the human gut microbiota. Dietary proteins are first digested in the small...
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Puberty: overweight girls might have their own “way to go”
Girls have been experiencing puberty earlier in life for the last 150 years or so, with 12.5 years being the average age girls start...
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Stem cells: neurotransmitters got them by “gut feelings”
Somatic stem cells are microscopic workhorses, constantly regenerating cells throughout the body: skin and the lining of the intestine, for example. And to University...
