http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. A Japanese research group led by Prof. Makoto Tominaga and Dr. Sravan Mandadi (National Institute for Physiological Sciences: NIPS) found that ATP plays a key role in transmitting temperature information from skin keratinocytes to afferent sensory neurons. Their findings were presented in the Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology published on October 1, 2009. http://www.physorg.com/news174217663.html Medicine & Health Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:48:18 EST news174217663 The human brain has evolved over millions of years to become a vast network of billions of neurons and synaptic connections. Understanding it is one of humankind's greatest pursuits. http://www.physorg.com/news173701962.html Biology Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:33:27 EST news173701962 (PhysOrg.com) -- Although the tiny roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans has only 302 neurons in its entire nervous system, studies of this simple animal have significantly advanced our understanding of human brain function because it shares many genes and neurochemical signaling molecules with humans. Now MIT researchers have found novel C. elegans neurochemical receptors, the discovery of which could lead to new therapeutic targets for psychiatric disorders if similar receptors are found in humans. http://www.physorg.com/news165763757.html Chemistry Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:29:41 EST news165763757 Alcohol's inebriating effects are familiar to everyone. But the molecular details of alcohol's impact on brain activity remain a mystery. A new study by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies brings us closer to understanding how alcohol alters the way brain cells work. http://www.physorg.com/news165418779.html Medicine & Health Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:47:46 EST news165418779 Carnegie Mellon University researchers have identified a new anticonvulsant compound that has the potential to stop the development of epilepsy. The findings are published in the March issue of the journal Epilepsia. http://www.physorg.com/news160661614.html Medicine & Health Mon, 04 May 2009 13:14:05 EST news160661614 Scientists thought they had a good model to explain how the inner ear translates vibrations in the air into sounds heard by the brain. Now, based on new research from the Stanford University School of Medicine, it looks like parts of the model are wrong. http://www.physorg.com/news159713314.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:49:09 EST news159713314 A discovery by Canada-U.S. biophysicists will improve the understanding of ion channels, akin to little 'nano-machines' or 'nano-valves' in our body, which when they malfunction can cause genetic illnesses that attack muscles, the central nervous system and the heart. http://www.physorg.com/news148828762.html Physics Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:19:22 EST news148828762 (PhysOrg.com) -- If you want to understand and predict the behavior of your young daughter, explains neurobiologist Christopher Fiorillo, you might observe how she reacts to various environmental factors. Then, using a statistical analysis, you might try to determine a relationship between her behavior and these external factors. However, an easier and quicker way might be simply to try to understand what the child herself knows about her world. Although young children have similar basic goals, they behave differently from one another because they have different information about the world. http://www.physorg.com/news143805348.html Medicine & Health Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:55:48 EST news143805348 Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine researchers have uncovered how sodium is able to control specific potassium ion channels in cells, according to new study findings published online this week in Nature Chemical Biology. http://www.physorg.com/news140952311.html Biology Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:25:11 EST news140952311 Each thought or action sends a million electrical signals pulsing through your body. At the heart of the process of generating these electrical impulses is the ion channel. http://www.physorg.com/news134915461.html Chemistry Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:31:01 EST news134915461