News tagged with nerve receptors
Researchers find gene critical to sense of smell in fruit fly
(Medical Xpress) -- Fruit flies don't have noses, but a huge part of their brains is dedicated to processing smells. Flies probably rely on the sense of smell more than any other sense for essential activities ...
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Light now in sight: Control of a 'blind' neuroreceptor with an optical switch
When nerve cells communicate with one another, specialized receptor molecules on their surfaces play a central role in relaying signals between them. A collaborative venture involving teams of chemists based at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat ...
Jan 10, 2012 |
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The architects of the brain: Scientists decipher the role of calcium signals
German neurobiologists have found that certain receptors for the neurotransmitter glutamate determine the architecture of nerve cells in the developing brain. Individual receptor variants lead to especially long and branched ...
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Oct 26, 2011 |
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Marijuana component could ease pain from chemotherapy drugs
A chemical component of the marijuana plant could prevent the onset of pain associated with drugs used in chemo therapy, particularly in breast cancer patients, according to researchers at Temple University's School of Pharmacy.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 06, 2011 |
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Slim down by targeting the hormone uroguanylin
The number of people who are obese and suffer one or more of its associated health problems (including type 2 diabetes) is escalating dramatically. Researchers are seeking to identify new targets for therapeutics that could ...
Aug 25, 2011 |
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Researchers identify possible new targets for treating pain in women
Women and men experience pain, particularly chronic pain, very differently. The ability of some opioids to relieve pain also differs between women and men. While it has been recognized since the mid-nineties that some narcotic ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 18, 2011 |
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Regulation of attention and concentration in brain unravelled
(Medical Xpress) -- The prefrontal cortex of the brain is involved in memory processes and the ability to concentrate attentively. Neuroscientists from VU University Amsterdam have shown how and where this occurs in the prefrontal ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 11, 2011 |
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Scientists make squirrels hibernate
Hibernation is an essential survival strategy for some animals and scientists have long thought it could also hold promise for human survival. But how hibernation works is largely unknown. Scientists at the ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 26, 2011 |
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Controlling movements with light
German researchers at the Ruhr-Universitaet have succeeded in controlling the activity of certain nerve cells using light, thus influencing the movements of mice. By changing special receptors in nerve cells of the cerebellum ...
Jul 20, 2011 |
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Scientists discover new role for vitamin C in the eye -- and the brain
Nerve cells in the eye require vitamin C in order to function properly — a surprising discovery that may mean vitamin C is required elsewhere in the brain for its proper functioning, according to a study by scientists ...
Jul 15, 2011 |
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Receptor limits the rewarding effects of food and cocaine
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers have long known that dopamine, a brain chemical that plays important roles in the control of normal movement, and in pleasure, reward and motivation, also plays a central role in substance ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 12, 2011 |
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New therapy for childhood neuroblastoma proves feasible and safe
A new treatment option may soon be available for children with neuroblastoma according to research published in the July issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. The study tested the principle that combined positron emissi ...
Jun 29, 2011 |
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Pain and itch connected down deep
A new study of itch adds to growing evidence that the chemical signals that make us want to scratch are the same signals that make us wince in pain.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 02, 2011 |
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Molecular architecture of key NMDA receptor subunit revealed
Structural biologists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) in collaboration with colleagues at Emory University have determined the molecular structure of a key portion, or subunit, of a receptor type commonly expressed ...
Apr 26, 2011 |
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Method reveals new view of human nerve cells, opening door to potential drug targets
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute and University of Pennsylvania have found a way to uncover potential drug targets that have so far remained hidden from researchers' view.
Mar 11, 2011 |
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