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Sodium Regulates Circadian Clock in Mice, New Study Shows A new study published this week in the journal Nature shows that injecting mice with a salt solution (hypertonic saline) leads to the activation of neurons associated with the suprachiasmatic nucleus, the brain’s master circadian clock. The suprachiasmatic nucleus of a …

A team of researchers at the University of Warwick, UK, has identified Connexin26 (Cx26) as a key molecule that reacts to carbon dioxide (CO2) in our bodies and activates breathing. The study is published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. CO2-dependent dye loading of HeLa cells expressing …