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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The prevalence of eating disorders has increased drastically worldwide [1]. While the etiology of neuropsychiatric eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa (AN) and binge-eating disorder is complex ...

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 ...

Patients and physicians have long known that psychological stress can exacerbate symptoms of atopic dermatitis (AD), but the exact mechanism has been unclear. New research utilizing mouse models and ...

New research leveraging patient data and mouse models reveals how psychological stress can worsen atopic dermatitis, or eczema. It does so by activating a specific neural pathway that links the brain ...