Cart is empty Many of us take pleasure in listening to music. Music accompanies important life events and lubricates social encounters. It represents aspects of our existing identity, as well as our hopes and dreams. It expresses emotions that cannot be explained with words. Music also distracts us from boredom and difficulty and helps us escape into another world.
Brain signals linked to sweet taste preference discovered
Researchers at Stony Brook University used genetic manipulation in a laboratory brain model to demonstrate that neurosteroids, signals involved in mood regulation and stress, can reduce the sensitivity and preference for sweet tastes when elevated within the gustatory cortex—a region in the brain most involved with taste. Their findings are published in Current Biology.
Poor sleep and addiction go hand in hand—understanding how could lead to new treatments for opioid use disorder
A good night’s sleep often sets the stage for a positive day. But for the nearly quarter of American adults struggling with mental illness, a good night’s rest is often elusive.
Sickle cell disease is a genetic disorder that causes lifelong suffering—here’s what you need to know
Right now, approximately 20 billion red blood cells are busy traveling through your blood vessels. They are delivering oxygen to all the different tissues in your body and removing carbon dioxide to be breathed out of your lungs.
‘There has never been a more dangerous time to take drugs’: The rising global threat of nitazenes and synthetic opioids
In the early hours of September 14, 2021, three men parked in a quiet car park in the southern English market town of Abingdon-on-Thames. The men, returning from a night out, had pulled over to smoke heroin.
Deep neural network may soon replace invasive procedures as new gold standard for monitoring heart health
The ancient Greek philosopher and polymath Aristotle once concluded that the human heart is tri-chambered and that it was the single most important organ in the entire body, governing motion, sensation, and thought.
New tools may help mental health hospitals close life expectancy gap through exercise
An innovative set of resources released this month will help mental health services implement potentially life-saving exercise programs for patients, addressing the alarming gap in life expectancy faced by people with severe mental illness.
With ‘damp drinking’ and ‘zebra striping,’ Gen Z are embracing moderation—not abstinence—from alcohol
Fewer young Australians are drinking. And when they do drink, they are drinking less and less often than previous generations at the same age.
Majority of kids who die in mass shootings killed by family members, study shows
When U.S. children die in mass shootings, most of the time the perpetrator is a family member, new Stanford Medicine-led research shows.
New research uncovers hidden rules of immune response, opening doors for better vaccines and immunotherapies
Scientists at the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) have uncovered key insights into how T cells—the body’s frontline immune soldiers—respond to infections like COVID-19. Their research suggests that the disease fighting functions of T cells are strongly influenced by the genetic sequence of the T cell receptors and the genetic sequence of the pathogen targets that trigger T cell activation.