News tagged with calcium channel blockers
Epilepsy drugs could treat Alzheimer's and Parkinson's
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Oct 27, 2009 |
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Researchers in the USA have discovered a potential new function for anti-epileptic drugs in treating neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. The study, published in BioMed Central's open access ...
Migraine prevention by targeting glutamate receptors?
Apr 29, 2009 |
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When migraine strikes, because of severe pain, often accompanied by nausea and sensitivity to light and sound, sufferers are effectively disabled for up to 72 hours. Since they are forced to stop what they are doing until ...
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High blood pressure pill cuts risk of Parkinson's disease
Feb 06, 2008 |
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People taking a widely used group of drugs known as calcium channel blockers to treat high blood pressure also appear to be cutting their risk of Parkinson’s disease, according to a study published in the February 6, 2008, ...
Beta-blockers given the boot in Britain
Jun 28, 2006 |
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British doctors are being advised not to prescribe beta-blockers and to ease most current users off them and onto new treatment for high blood pressure.
Gene called flower missing link in vesicle uptake in neurons
Sep 03, 2009 |
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As part of the intricate ballet of synaptic transmission from one neuron to the next, tiny vesicles - bubbles containing the chemical neurotransmitters that make information exchange possible -- travel to the tip of neurons ...
Research indicates that a common heart drug may reduce cocaine cravings
Feb 27, 2008 |
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Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School have found that diltiazem, a drug used in the treatment of high blood pressure, reduces cocaine cravings in a rat model. These findings will ...
Calcium may be the key to understanding Alzheimer's disease
Jul 18, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have shown that mutations in two proteins associated with familial Alzheimer's disease disrupt the flow of calcium ions within neurons. The two proteins, called ...
Like eavesdropping at a party
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Jul 31, 2008 |
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Cells rely on calcium as a universal means of communication. For example, a sudden rush of calcium can trigger nerve cells to convey thoughts in the brain or cause a heart cell to beat. A longstanding mystery has been how ...
Prolonged stress sparks ER to release calcium stores and induce cell death in aging-related diseases
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Li et al. explain how prolonged stress sparks the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to release its calcium stores, inducing cells to undergo apoptosis in several aging-related diseases.The study will appear in the September 21, ...
A new understanding of why seizures occur with alcohol withdrawal
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 17, 2009 |
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Epileptic seizures are the most dramatic and prominent aspect of the "alcohol withdrawal syndrome" that occurs when a person abruptly stops a long-term or chronic drinking habit. Researchers have shown that the flow of calcium ...
Enzyme doesn't act alone in atrial fibrillation
Jun 17, 2009 |
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(June 17, 2009) - An overactive enzyme is behind a leaky calcium channel that plays a role in the development of atrial fibrillation, which is the most common cardiac arrhythmia that is responsible for a third of all strokes. ...
Researchers discover that gene switches on during development of epilepsy
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Apr 23, 2009 |
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A discovery made by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine while studying mice may help explain how some people without a genetic predisposition to epilepsy can develop the disorder.
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