To test their theory, the scientists added PIP2 back into the system in lab experiments. The results were impressive: Piezo1 ...

Though it accounts for just two percent of the body’s weight, the brain consumes a whopping 20% of its total energy. To get the energy it needs for more complicated tasks, the brain has evolved a ...

Dementia has long been framed as a slow, irreversible loss of neurons, but a new line of research is shifting attention to ...

A preclinical study from the University of Vermont has linked excessive activity of the mechanosensor Piezo1 in brain blood ...

A new study from researchers at the University of Vermont’s Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine offers fresh hope. The research suggests that restoring a missing natural molecule in the blood ...

A new study suggests that dementia may be driven in part by faulty blood flow in the brain. Researchers found that losing a ...