In humans, the brain and testicles have the most proteins in common. This was discovered by an international group of scientists, as writes in an article for the journal The Royal Society Open Biology. The authors note that previously there were “some signs of similarity” between the testes and the human brain, and they, […]
Tag: physiology
Why do animals yawn – and people as well. Scientists decided it was not out of boredom: research
The larger the brain in vertebrates and the more neurons per unit volume, the longer they yawn. Such a study was carried out by an international group of scientists, the results were published yesterday in the journal Nature Biology. 1291 yawns were analyzed in 55 mammalian and 46 bird species. The authors went to […]
Wonders of Science. Mice with spinal cord injury restored the ability to walk – there is regeneration
Mice with completely damaged spinal cords were restored to the ability to walk. A study of therapy based on viral delivery of modified interleukin-6 (cytokine, signaling-information molecule) into nerve cells was published in the journal Nature. Higher animals have a small ability of neuronal processes (axons) to recover if they were damaged, and the older […]