The findings of a new study challenge the prevailing thinking on the primary role of serotonin and other neurotransmitters in the effects of antidepressants.
A new study has shown that so-called cognitive "SuperAgers" - people who retain high memory performance even in old age - have resistance to the development...
A research team has defined how antibodies can recognize a compound called phosphohistidine, a highly unstable molecule that has been found to play a central role...
Changes in the activity of five genes may play a critical role in determining whether a person will suffer from Lewy body dementia.
Last year, researchers showed that a major genetic risk factor for severe COVID-19 is inherited from Neandertals. Now the same researchers find that Neandertals...
A negative experience with food usually leaves us unable to stomach the thought of eating that particular dish again. Using sugar-loving snails as models, researchers...
For some 15,000 years, dogs have been our hunting partners, workmates, helpers and companions. Could they also be our next allies in the fight against COVID-19?...
A SISSA team of investigators has reported a new theory for how we sense the passage of time as we process sensory stimuli.
Gulls are one of the main wild birds that act as reservoirs of Campylobacter and Salmonella, two most relevant intestinal antibiotic-resistant bacteria causing...
Low-income mothers feminize their children in the womb by adjusting their hormones, whereas high-income mothers masculinize their children, a major study based...