Mayday! SOS! Distress signals like these are used around the world to indicate an emergency. The cells that make up your body also have their own versions of emergency signals. These get activated if ...

An integrative review found that ketogenic therapy may influence metabolic, inflammatory, oxidative stress, and ...

The mystery of how stress exacerbates atopic dermatitis, more commonly known as eczema, may be closer to being understood. A new study published in the journal Science has identified a specific nerve ...

A research team has unveiled an adrenal independent pathway, the hypothalamus-sympathetic-liver (HSL) axis, to mediate stress-induced glucose release. Their study is published in Nature Communications ...

Neurodegenerative diseases affect tens of millions of people worldwide. A new study published in Cell Death Discovery titled, “Sustained dysregulation of iron and glutathione homeostasis induces ...

Cover article art caption: Insets with TH mRNA+ neurons in red, either single labeled, or co-labeled with VGluT2 (blue) and/or GAD1 (green) mRNA. Simple arrow = single labeled TH+ neurons, arrowhead= ...

When cell division (mitosis) takes too long, it can be a sign that something is wrong with the cells, for example, DNA damage or chromosomal instability. That's why our cells come with an innate ...

Share on Pinterest The collections of bacteria in the gut may play a role in the regulation of stress responses, an animal study suggests. Image credit: Justin Lewis/Getty Images. Experts are ...

Unmanaged stress levels or an unhealthy diet are two primary reasons behind an increase in cholesterol. Both pathways influence cholesterol levels in different ways and could be behind an increased ...