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Sigma-1 receptor: a potential new target for Parkinson’s disease?

Sigma-1 receptor: a potential new target for Parkinson’s disease?

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GluN2B-NMDA receptors in Alzheimer’s disease: beyond synapse loss and cell death

GluN2B-NMDA receptors in Alzheimer’s disease: beyond synapse loss and cell death

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A novel toxic pathway by which Alzheimer’s disease occurs

A novel toxic pathway by which Alzheimer’s disease occurs

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Impact and effect of the ECM molecules in peripheral nerve repair and...

Impact and effect of the ECM molecules in peripheral nerve repair and regeneration

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A Novel Method for Evaluating Nerve Guidance Conduits for Peripheral Nerve...

A Novel Method for Evaluating Nerve Guidance Conduits for Peripheral Nerve Injuries

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Nanostructured Copper Oxide Functionalized Quartz Crystal Microbalance Sensor...

A research reviewed recent works on the development of copper oxide nanomaterials of different structures and morphologies and the sensing properties and sensing mechanism of CuO functionalized quartz...

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How economic insecurity impacts diabetes control among patients

Difficulty paying for food and medications appears to be associated with poor diabetes control among patients in a study that examined the impact of economic insecurity on managing the disease and the...

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Report on remission in patients with MS 3 years after stem cell transplant

Three years after a small number of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) were treated with high-dose immunosuppressive therapy (HDIT) and then transplanted with their own hematopoietic stem cells,...

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Retracing the emergence of H7N9 in humans

A study pieces together the evolutionary events leading up to the first human case of avian-derived H7N9 influenza. Since the virus’s 2013 emergence in humans, it has been linked to two outbreaks and...

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Warfare and reproduction

A study finds that male members of the Nyangatom population who participated in livestock raids in their youth may experience greater reproductive success in the long term than non-raiders. The high...

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Stickiness of gecko feet and adaptive simplification

Evolution can remove previously acquired morphological adaptations to confer survival advantages to a species, a study finds. Morphological adaptations such as the prehensile tail allowed species to...

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Seismic signals and major earthquakes

Regional monitoring of seismic signals may help localize the possible epicenter of an impending major earthquake, a study suggests. Major earthquakes such as the March 2011 Tohoku earthquake in Japan...

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Comparing climate change assessment methods

Three predominant methods for assessing future impacts of climate change on plant communities show agreement in the direction of community development but differ in the magnitude of projected climate...

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Transport of Fukushima radioactivity across the Pacific

A study tracing the transport of radioactive material from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear accident finds that cesium radionuclides Cs-134 and Cs-137 arrived on the North American Pacific continental...

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Also of interest from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

A study of raindrop impacts on sandy surfaces finds a quantitative similarity between liquid-drop impacts and impact craters formed by asteroids, allowing planetary science models of asteroid impacts...

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Phage-based nanomaterials for regenerative medicine of the nervous system

Phage-based nanomaterials for regenerative medicine of the nervous system

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Roles of Schwann cell dedifferentiation in peripheral neurodegenerative...

Pro-demyelinating and axon-protective roles of Schwann cell dedifferentiation in peripheral neurodegenerative diseases

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New perspectives for investigating respiratory failure induced by cervical...

New perspectives for investigating respiratory failure induced by cervical spinal cord injury

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Studies on exotic superfluids in spin-orbit coupled Fermi gases were reviewed

The recent experimental implementation of synthetic gauge field in ultracold atomic gases has significantly extended the horizon of quantum simulation in these systems. In the 2015 (1) issue of...

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Why is mecobalamin effective for peripheral nerve injury?

Why is mecobalamin effective for peripheral nerve injury?

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