This important study examines the role of pericytes in patterning the zebrafish blood-brain barrier (BBB) and controlling its permeability. Using pdgfrb mutant zebrafish models lacking brain pericytes ...

Jan. 28, 2025 — A new study shows that asymptomatic brain metastasis is more common in stage 4 breast cancer patients than previously believed. The study suggests ... Route of Entry for Semliki ...

It encompasses the evolution, development, cellular and molecular biology, physiology, anatomy and pharmacology ... of lipid homeostasis is essential for brain health. Bogie and colleagues explore ...

Addiction causes hundreds of changes in brain anatomy, chemistry, and cell-to-cell signaling, including in the gaps between neurons called synapses, which are the molecular machinery for learning.

Researchers have now discovered that what we call the 'dessert stomach' is rooted in the brain. The same nerve cells that make us feel full after a meal ...

Cardiac arrest (when the heart stops beating) interrupts circulation, causing brain cells to start dying in less than five minutes of the brain going without needed oxygen in the blood. The ...

The most accepted mechanism is impairment of cerebral autoregulation. Normal cerebral autoregulation constricts the brain vessels in response to a sudden increase in blood flow, to maintain normal ...