Plasma levels of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) could give clinicians a better understanding of whether a patient with Parkinson disease (PD) is likely experiencing nonmotor symptoms of the ...

Binding of IGF-1 to the receptor initiates the IGF-1 signaling pathway that alters gene expression inside the beta cell. As a measure of increased signaling, the researchers indeed found that ...

New research has now confirmed that in mice IGF-1 does indeed have a key role in coordinating the timing of puberty onset. Skip to main content. Your source for the latest research news.

I know ARS is mostly a techie/non-bio site, but if there's any biology people out there, does this make sense?quote:There is recent research pointing the finger at diet — eating refined ...

After administering the mice with (1-3)IGF-1, the spasms and hypsarrhythmia symptoms appeared to be less frequent or eliminated in the majority of the mice. “Using several lines of evidence, we first ...

Decreased levels of IGF-1 in older people without previous MI can increase their risk for congestive heart failure, data from the Framingham Heart Study suggest. (Vasan RS et al. Ann Intern Med ...

Growth hormone, and more specifically IGF-1, triggers the production of growth hormone in the body. Growth hormone makes us grow, but not only in length - feet, hands and muscles too.

In tests evaluating IGF-1, the patients as a group had a mean IGF-1 level of 59.33 ng/dL, which is lower than the mean of 235 ng/dL that would be expected according to calculations of patients' ages.