Neurologists specialize in diagnosing and treating conditions that affect the nervous system. Here, learn about the conditions they treat and…
Imaging the liver and biliary tract
A variety of modalities is available to image the liver and biliary tract, many offering complementary information; a combination of…
Medical News Today: What is cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome?
Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome is a condition that some long term users of marijuana develop. The hallmarks of the condition include…
A simpler way to make some medicines
Organic chemists have figured out how to synthesize the most common molecule arrangement in medicine, a scientific discovery that could…
Research gauges neurodegeneration tied to FXTAS by measuring motor behavior
Researchers used a grip-force test to analyze sensorimotor function in people with the FMR1 premutation, with the aim of determining…
Male and female mice have different brain cells
Scientists discover that a brain region known to control sex and violence contains rare cell types that differ in male…
Fundamental insight into how memory changes with age
New research could help explain why memory in old age is much less flexible than in young adulthood. Through experiments…
Targeted therapy to help children with deadly nerve cancer
Researchers have identified a targeted therapy for adolescent patients with neuroblastoma, a deadly pediatric nerve cancer, who would otherwise have…
Stem cell study offers new way to study early development and pregnancy
For the first time, researchers have created mouse blastocyst-like structures, or ‘blastoids,’ from a single cultured cell. The work could…
BARseq builds a better brain map
A brain mapping technique called BARseq is capable of mapping thousands of neurons in a single mouse, at single neuron…