Scientists illuminate the neurons of social attraction
The ancient impulse to procreate is necessary for survival and must be hardwired into our brains. Now scientists from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine have discovered an important...
View ArticleStudy of mice shows protein in womb plays lifelong role in bone health
Osteogenesis imperfecta, also known as brittle bone disease, is a genetic disorder that causes bones to break easily. Severe cases of the disease can result in hundreds of fractures during a person's...
View ArticleEffects of a poor diet during pregnancy may be reversed in female adolescent...
Here's some good news if you are female: Research published online in The FASEB Journal, shows that in mice, what is eaten during adolescence or childhood development may alter long-term behavior and...
View ArticleAvailable drug may protect ovaries and fertility from damage by chemotherapies
A drug already used to slow tumor growth may also prevent infertility caused by standard chemotherapies, according to a study published online March 6 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...
View ArticleTraumatic brain injuries leave women prone to mental health problems
Traumatic brain injuries affect the body's stress axis differently in female and male mice, according to research presented at the Endocrine Society's 99th annual meeting, ENDO 2017, in Orlando, Fla....
View ArticleDiabetes drug prevents stiffening of heart muscle in obese mouse model
Overconsumption of a Western diet high in fats and refined sugars has contributed to a global increase in obesity and Type 2 diabetes. Obese and diabetic premenopausal women are more at risk of...
View ArticleFemale and male mice suffer, recover from TBI differently
Male mice have much greater brain distress in the week following a traumatic brain injury (TBI) than female mice, including skyrocketing inflammation and nerve cell death, say researchers at Georgetown...
View ArticleParacetamol during pregnancy can inhibit masculinity
Paracetamol is popular for relieving pain. But if you are pregnant, you should think twice before popping these pills according to the researchers in a new study. In an animal model, Paracetamol, which...
View ArticleHow pheromones trigger female sexual behavior
A study by a group of Japanese scientists showed how a male pheromone in mice enhances sexual behaviors in females—and how it may enhance a different behavior, aggression, in males—by identifying...
View ArticleStudy reveals how sex 'blindspot' could misdirect medical research
The sex of animals frequently has an effect in biomedical research and therefore should be considered in the study of science, report scientists from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and the...
View ArticleStudy reveals lung changes in mice exposed to second-hand smoke in utero
Mice exposed to second-hand smoke only during gestation undergo abnormal changes to lung structure and function that persist into adulthood, according to research published in the open access journal...
View ArticleGiving birth multiple times has impact on stroke recovery, study shows
Stroke is an age-related disease that disproportionately affects women. Although experimental studies have identified several hormonal and genetic factors underlying these differences, little is known...
View ArticleZika vaccine protects fetus against infection and birth defects
Immunizing female mice with a Zika vaccine can protect their developing fetus from infection and birth defects during pregnancy, according to new research from The University of Texas Medical Branch at...
View ArticleResearchers discover region of male mice brain involved in asserting dominance
(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in China has located a part of the brain in male mice that appears to play a key role in dominance behavior with other male...
View ArticleSocial influences can override aggression in male mice, study shows
Stanford University School of Medicine investigators have identified a cluster of nerve cells in the male mouse's brain that, when activated, triggers territorial rage in a variety of situations....
View ArticleHypertensive women may benefit most from drugs that directly block the action...
When women are hypertensive their physicians should consider measuring their level of aldosterone, a hormone that at high levels damages the cardiovascular system, scientists say.
View ArticleScientists track Zika virus transmission in mice
National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists have developed a mouse model to study Zika virus transmitted sexually from males to females, as well as vertically from a pregnant female to her fetus....
View ArticleOlder wombs linked to complications in pregnant mice
Deciding to start a family later in life could be about more than just the age of your eggs. A new study in mice suggests the age of a mother's womb may also have a part to play. This work, led by Dr...
View ArticleSex and aggression controlled separately in female animal brains, but overlap...
Brain structures that control sexual and aggressive behavior in mice are wired differently in females than in males. This the finding of a study led by scientists at NYU School of Medicine and...
View ArticleStress has dramatically different effects on male and female mouse brains
"Remarkable" is not a word you encounter very often in the scientific literature, where the unadorned description of experiments and their outcomes is the rule. But the adjective makes a bold...
View ArticleStudy shows stress could be just as unhealthy as junk food
We all know that a poor diet is unhealthy, but a new BYU study finds that stress may just as harmful to our bodies as a really bad diet.
View ArticleSignaling pathway may be key to why autism is more common in boys
Researchers aiming to understand why autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are more common in boys have discovered differences in a brain signaling pathway involved in reward learning and motivation that...
View ArticleMini-microscopes reveal brain circuitry behind social behavior
Tiny microscopes mounted on mice's heads have given researchers a peek into the neural circuitry of social behavior.
View ArticleKisspeptin boosts male sexual appetite and reduces anxiety
Increased activity of the hormone, kisspeptin, enhances sexual attraction and decreases anxiety in male mice, according to new research presented today at the Society for Endocrinology annual...
View ArticleChemo brain starts during cancer's progression, not just after chemotherapy
The memory and thinking problems experienced by cancer survivors, known as "chemo brain" or "chemo fog," are not just the result of chemotherapy treatment, they may start as tumors form and develop,...
View ArticleMen hold secret to protect women from multiple sclerosis
Men are much less likely to get multiple sclerosis (MS) than women and one reason is that they are protected by high levels of testosterone.
View ArticleWhat makes a good egg? Mouse study could help identify cause in some cases of...
In approximately 15 percent of cases where couples are unable to conceive, the underlying cause of infertility is not known. Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and in...
View ArticleExposure to chemicals used during fracking may cause pre-cancerous lesions in...
Using more than 1,000 different chemicals, unconventional oil and gas (UOG) operations combine directional drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," to release natural gas from underground...
View ArticleResearchers discover brain cells change following close contact with a...
Health-care workers treating soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) report that some soldiers' partners and family members display symptoms of PTSD despite never serving in the military. A...
View ArticleAntioxidant treatment prevents sexual transmission of Zika in mice
The antioxidant drug ebselen can prevent sexual transmission of Zika virus from male to female mice, according to new research published in PLOS Pathogens by Yogy Simanjuntak and colleagues at Academia...
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