News tagged with brain chemical
Researchers Begin to Decipher Metabolism of Sexual Assault Drug
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It’s a naturally occurring brain chemical with an unwieldy name: 4-hydroxybutyrate (4-HB). Taken by mouth, it can be abused or used as a date-rape drug.
Dopamine enhances expectation of pleasure in humans
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Enhancing the effects of the brain chemical dopamine influences how people make life choices by affecting expectations of pleasure, according to new research from the UCL Institute of Neurology.
New findings bring hope for possible Parkinson's disease cure
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Researchers at Iowa State University have found an essential key to possibly cure Parkinson's disease and are looking for others.
Pushing through brain barriers
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Understanding the inner workings of the brain remains one of the last frontiers in all of neurobiology. A Case Western Reserve University engineering professor is developing a miniaturized low-power device to detect how electrical ...
Scientists seek to manage dopamine's good and bad sides
Oct 07, 2009 |
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The good, the bad and the ugly: That's a quick summary of the effects of dopamine, a natural brain chemical that's linked to pleasure, addiction and disease.
Brain chemical reduces anxiety, increases survival of new cells
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 12, 2009 |
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New research on a brain chemical involved in development sheds light on why some individuals may be predisposed to anxiety. It also strengthens understanding of cellular processes that may be common to anxiety and depression, ...
How a brain chemical changes locusts from harmless grasshoppers to swarming pests
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Jan 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have uncovered the underlying biological reason why locusts form migrating swarms. Their findings, reported in today's edition of Science, could be used in the future to prevent ...
Genetic variation cues social anxiety in monkeys and humans
Jan 14, 2009 |
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A genetic variation involving the brain chemical serotonin has been found to shape the social behavior of rhesus macaque monkeys, which could provide researchers with a new model for studying autism, social anxiety and schizophrenia. ...
