Three patterns of gene expression are each consistent with unique features of known neurobiology: C1 is consistent with functional connection strength, C2 is consistent with brain oscillations in the theta …
Experts say it’s important to keep a close eye on blood pressure.Ugur Karakok/Getty ImagesThis article originally appeared in Medical News Today One in three adults globally has high blood pressure, …
Over the last century, researchers have undergone profound shifts in their understanding of genetics. Genes (regions of DNA that largely determine our physical characteristics) were considered immutable under the original …
focus Despite progress in defining functional noncoding DNA elements, it is still not fully understood. UCLA researchers have used an experiment to elucidate the function of tens of …
The ancestors of vertebrates had five distinct visual opsins: one rod-specific opsin, RH1, present in a single type of rod; and four cone opsins (LWS, RH2, SWS1 and SWS2 ), …
Image source: Illustration produced by AI/DALL-E 3. When people grow up, they have a good sense of where they stand politically. A twenty-year-old may not express their political views particularly …
Summary: Environmental factors may have a more significant impact on certain cognitive abilities than genetic factors. The study, which involved 57 pairs of identical twins and 48 pairs of fraternal …
Summary: A major genetic study involving more than 1.2 million people has discovered 95 genomic loci associated with PTSD, revealing 80 previously undiscovered loci. The study, the largest of its …
In 2020, President Donald J. Trump gave a campaign speech in Minnesota denouncing refugees and criticizing racial justice protests. He concluded his speech with a standard line from his lecture …
Neanderthals were early risers, a new study suggests. Some of today’s early-rising humans may be credited to genes they inherited from their Neanderthal ancestors. The new study compared DNA from …