Tinea nigra is a very rare fungal infection. It causes dark spots on the bottom of the feet, the palms of the hand, or, on rare occasions, the torso. These may be black or brown. A type of yeast ...

The substantia nigra is a motor nucleus located in the basal ganglia of the midbrain. This brain structure contributes to the body's cognitive and motor functions by sending signals to initiate or ...

Right around when I turned 28, I started to notice what I thought were tiny black moles popping up on my cheeks and around my eyes. As a beauty editor who is proudly obsessed with my skin-care routine ...

This fungus is found in the soil, sewage, and decomposing vegetation of tropical or subtropical coastal regions. In particular, these areas include the Caribbean and the coast of South America. Tinea ...

Figure 1: Respiratory chain deficiency and analysis of mtDNA deletions in substantia nigra neurons. We then wished to determine the nature of the mtDNA defect within the individual neurons in the ...

Parkinson's disease (PD) is an age-related, progressive neurodegenerative disorder. The hallmark of PD pathogenesis is the ...

Pregnancy can do weird and wonderful things to your body. Your breasts and belly enlarge, your blood flow increases, and you begin to feel movements from deep inside. Around the middle of your ...

You might first notice it while getting dressed or snapping a bump pic: a dark line running down your belly that wasn't there before. That's the linea nigra – and it's totally normal. This pregnancy ...

On the priority list of pregnancy-specific physical indignities, the newly darkened coffee-colored line emerging down my stomach seemed well placed at the bottom. It wasn’t hurting me or the baby, it ...