A significant number of hospital-acquired infections occur due to inefficient disinfection of
hospital surfaces, instruments and rooms. The emergence and wide spread of multiresistant …

Parabens are widely used as preservatives in many foods, cosmetics, toiletries, and
pharmaceuticals due to their relatively low toxicity profile and to a long history of safe use. Parabens …

Phytohormones are natural chemical messengers that play critical roles in the regulation of
plant growth and development as well as responses to biotic and abiotic stress factors, …

The neurodegeneration that occurs in sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD) is consistently
associated with a number of characteristic histopathological, molecular, and biochemical …

Reduced glucose utilization and energy metabolism occur early in the course of Alzheimer's
disease (AD) and correlate with impaired cognition. Glucose utilization and energy …

Wine is made up of more than one thousand compounds, the majority of which, such as
vitamins and minerals, come from the grapes, while others, like ethanol and glycerol, are …

Thinning and discontinuities within the vascular basement membrane (VBM) are associated
with leakage of the plasma protein prothrombin across the blood–brain barrier (BBB) in …

The receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) is thought to be a primary
transporter of β-amyloid across the blood–brain barrier (BBB) into the brain from the systemic …

Aims: Thymus species are wild species mostly found in the arid lands of Portugal. Possible
antimicrobial properties of Thymus essential oils have been investigated. The chemical …

Deciphering the neural mechanisms of social behavior has propelled the growth of social
neuroscience. The exact computations of the social brain, however, remain elusive. Here we …