While the predominant hypothesis for many years was that schizophrenia was a glutamate deficit disorder, there is growing evidence of glutamate hyperactivity…
Complications during pregnancy and birth, such as birth hypoxia – the shortage of oxygen in the body – are associated with an increased risk for schizophrenia.
What processes tip the balance between the ultra-high risk states and the development of schizophrenia? One candidate mechanism is cerebral inflammation,…
“Consumption of grape and grape extracts and/or grape products such as red wine may be beneficial in preventing the development of chronic degenerative…
The study, published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, reveals that VPA works by inhibiting the activity of an enzyme that produces a neurotoxic protein…
Blanca I. Restrepo, Ph.D., assistant professor of epidemiology; and Susan P. Fisher-Hoch, M.D., professor of epidemiology; and Joseph B. McCormick, M.D.,…
Anyone with a nose knows the rotten-egg odor of hydrogen sulfide, a gas generated by bacteria living in the human colon. Now an international team of…
New research continues to link tart cherries, one of today's hottest “Super Fruits,” to lowering risk factors for heart disease. In addition to lowering…
Research projects in areas such as early identification of cancer, new therapies for diabetes, and hearing aid development have all been undertaken through…
Their latest work has been published in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, and shows that the useful life of chard is reduced by 11 days if it…
The main effects of mercury affect the central nervous system and renal function. Over recent years the scientific community has reported an increase in…
Many of the most innovative systems have been created by a consortium of companies and research institutes working in the EU-funded ENABLED project.The project…
The IFT Scientific Status Summary on food packaging provides a complete overview of the latest innovations in food packaging. It begins with a brief history of…
Tesofensine can produce weight loss twice that of currently approved obesity drugs, and should be studied in phase III trials. These are the conclusions of an…
In a three-year study, funded with £360,000 from the Medical Research Council, Dr Lee Hogarth in the University’s School of Psychology will study the impact…
Researchers from Texas, USA, carried out in-depth interviews with women aged between 20 and 61, after recruiting them through local advertisements placed in…
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