Archive for August, 2010
Saturated Fat Reduces Risk for Stroke
Dietary intake of saturated fatty acids and mortality from cardiovascular disease in Japanese: the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study for Evaluation of Cancer Risk Study? Yamagishi K, Iso H, Yatsuya H, Tanabe N, Date C, Kikuchi S, Yamamoto A, Inaba Y, Tamakoshi A; for the JACC Study Group. Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Aug 4. [...]
Microglial Mutation contributes to obsessive-compulsive behavior
Hematopoietic origin of pathological grooming in Hoxb8 mutant mice. Chen SK, Tvrdik P, Peden E, Cho S, Wu S, Spangrude G, Capecchi MR. Cell. 2010 May 28;141(5):775-85. Mouse Hoxb8 mutants show unexpected behavior manifested by compulsive grooming and hair removal, similar to behavior in humans with the obsessive-compulsive disorder spectrum disorder trichotillomania. As Hox gene disruption often [...]
