Finnish research team maps neural activity in response to watching horror movies. A study conducted by the University of Turku shows the top horror movies of the past 100 years, and how they manipulate brain activity. The findings were published in the journal Neuroimage.
Researchers at the University of Turku's PET Centre and the Technical University of Munich have collaboratively demonstrated a new manner of activating brown fat and producing a sense of fullness. The results have been published in the esteemed journal Cell.
Brown fat consumes energy, reduces the amount of harmful cholesterol and improves the body’s sugar levels. Stock photo.
Call for applications for fixed-term doctoral candidate positions and also for a right to study for a doctoral degree at the Faculty of Medicine will open on September 3, 2018. Period for applying is September 3– 21, 2018.
The Medisiina Service Point (Faculty of Medicine services) is closed on July 9-29, 2018 (Weeks 28 - 30)
Period for applying for a right to study for a doctoral degree in the Faculty of Medicine is March 1 – 20, 2018. The right to study begins on August 1, 2018.
Finnish researchers have revealed how eating stimulates brain’s endogenous opioid system to signal pleasure and satiety.
The Medisiina office is closed on July 10-30, 2017 (Weeks 28 - 30)
Call for applications for fixed-term doctoral candidate positions and also for a right to study for a doctoral degree at the Faculty of Medicine will open on September 1, 2017. Period for applying is September 1– 20, 2017.
Finnish and British researchers have revealed how laughter releases endorphins in the human brain. The more opioid receptors the participants had in their brain, the more they laughed during the experiment.
