Briefs
Understanding neural activity behind behavior
Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine's Brown Human Neuroimaging Laboratory and colleagues look at the how the brain reacts to threat.
Cancer stem cells' signature may make them targets
Baylor College of Medicine breast cancer researchers describe the genetic signature of cells that initiate the growth of breast cancer and its spread.
'Fatostatin' turns off fat cell genes
A small molecule identified by Dr. Salih Wakil and colleagues at Baylor College of Medicine could provide clues to turning off genes responsible for making fat cells.
Mother's diet during pregnancy affects offspring metabolome
Mothers who eat a high-fat diet during pregnancy could be changing the metabolism of their offspring – for the worse, said a consortium of researchers led by Baylor College of Medicine.
Babies light up their mothers' brains
A mother whose attachment to her own parents was secure and whose attachment to her own baby is secure gets a brain reward when she sees her infant.
Protein tweek rare but critical in synaptic process
What does the overcaffeinated character in the cartoon South Park have in common with fruit flies that lack a particular protein? Both shake and twitch uncontrollably and share a name. But the protein tweek plays an important role in recycling – a process involved in transmitting information from one neuron to another, said Baylor College of Medicine researchers.
A matter of health
Scientists use every part of their educations – even English and history.
