Author: Joshua Rubin for The Conversation

Brain inflammation may be the reason behind muscle fatigue after infection and injury

Infectious or chronic diseases such as long COVID, Alzheimer’s disease and traumatic brain injury can cause inflammation in the brain, or neuroinflammation, that weakens muscles. While scientists are aware of this link between inflammation and muscle weakness, the molecules and processes involved have been unclear. In our research, our team of neuroscientists and biologists uncovered the hidden conversation between the brain […]

When it comes to brain tumors, a patient’s sex matters

From The Conversation… Have you ever wondered why, in most species, males are larger and more ornamented than females? It’s an evolutionarily determined aspect of biology, but what does it mean for human health and disease? What are the implications of needing one chart to describe normal growth in boys, and another to describe normal growth […]