The operculum, often overlooked, is a vital anatomical feature in fish like the Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens). This bony flap, covering and protecting the delicate gills beneath, plays a crucial ...

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High-ventilation breathwork with music can evoke psychedelic-like states, shifting blood flow in the brain and reducing negative emotions. Participants experienced unity and bliss, pointing to a ...

Researchers in the Clinical Neuroscience Department of Brighton and Sussex Medical School conducted breathwork research in a physiology lab and MRI scanner (from Air Hunger documentary). Breathwork ...

Summary: New research shows that practicing breathwork while listening to music can induce profound altered states of consciousness similar to those caused by psychedelics. Using self-reports and ...

Abstract: This study examined alterations in resting-state and task-state functional connectivity (FC) in patients with acute ischemic post-stroke nonfluent aphasia, using a combined resting-state ...

Abstract: Machine learning, particularly through advanced imaging techniques such as three-dimensional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), has significantly improved medical diagnostics. This is ...

Two Australian Eucalypts share the common name of Fuchsia Gum. The species are closely related and both have four-sided flower buds that hang down, reminiscent of a fuchsia flower. Eucalyptus ...

Copeia is an internationally respected, widely-cited quarterly that publishes original research on fishes, amphibians and reptiles, emphasizing systematics, ecology, conservation, behavior, genetics, ...