Northwestern Medicine investigators recently discovered that the mitochondrial respiratory chain—a series of protein complexes essential for a cellular respiration and energy production—is necessary for

An international team of researchers has found that injecting older mice with cerebrospinal fluid from younger mice can lead to an improvement in memory.

A new study by researchers from the University of Bern, Switzerland suggests that dreams—especially those that simultaneously appear realistic, but, upon a closer look,

The cerebral cortex is thought to be the seat of conscious processing in the brain. Rather than being inactivated, specific cells in the cortex

Dermatologists in Germany have identified what could be a crucial link between acne and a deficit of omega-3 fatty acids. The findings, released during

For three decades, scientists have debated the underlying cause of Gulf War illness (GWI), a collection of unexplained and chronic symptoms affecting veterans of