News tagged with nerve terminals

GABA deficits disturb endocannabinoid system

Changes in the endocannabinoid system may have important implications for psychiatric and addiction disorders. This brain system is responsible for making substances that have effects on brain function which resemble those ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists create first realistic 3D reconstruction of a brain circuit

Researchers from the lab of Nobel laureate Bert Sakmann, MD, PhD at the Max Planck Florida Institute (MPFI) are reporting that, using a conceptually new approach and state-of-the-art research tools, they have created the ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Special protein helps maintain an efficient brain

(PhysOrg.com) -- The instruction manual for maintaining an efficient brain may soon include a section on synaptotagmin-IV (Syt-IV), a protein known to influence learning and memory, thanks to a study by UW-Madison researchers.

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created May 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 0




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Mechanism of calming hyperactivity by psychostimulant drugs identified

It has long been known that psychostimulant drugs have the paradoxical effect of reducing hyperactivity. [Psychostimulant drugs include methylphenidate – known by the trade names Ritalin, Concerta, and Methylin – ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Can robots take over rehab?

Visiting the iMove center at UC Irvine's Gross Hall is like being on the set of a sci-fi movie. Here, the merging of machines and humans — the premise of such futuristic films as "Alien" and "The Terminator" ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists make advances in neuroscience and vision research

Thanks to a new study of the retina, scientists at UC Santa Barbara have developed a greater understanding of how the nervous system becomes wired during early development.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sperm discoveries shed light on infertility and birth control

(Medical Xpress) -- For a sperm cell, a lot has to go right before it can fertilize an egg. And despite biblical stories of barren women and cultural traditions of blaming the female, fertility experts now ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Combating mood disorders: New approach simplifies the search for more specific drugs

Many psychiatric conditions are caused by aberrant metabolism of the neurotransmitter serotonin. Researchers in the Department of Pharmacy at LMU have now developed a new screening method, which will facilitate the search ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 30, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Neuroscientists discover new estrogen activity in the brain

Research by University of Massachusetts Amherst neuroscientist Luke Remage-Healey and colleagues has for the first time provided direct evidence that estrogens are produced in the brain’s nerve cell terminals on demand, ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jul 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Researchers clock the speed of brain signals

Two studies featuring research from Weill Cornell Medical College have uncovered surprising details about the complex process that leads to the flow of neurotransmitters between brain neurons -- a dance of ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Scientists find way to block stress-related cell death

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have uncovered a potentially important new therapeutic target that could prevent stress-related cell death, a characteristic of neurodegenerative diseases ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Biologists capture cell's elusive 'motor' on videotape, solving the mystery of its deployment

(PhysOrg.com) -- In basic research with far-reaching impact, cell biologists Wei-Lih Lee and Steven Markus report in an article released today in Developmental Cell, with videos, that they have solved one of the fundamental questi ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Researchers see a 'picture' of threat in the brain: Work may lead to new model of neuroinflammation

A team of researchers is beginning to see exactly what the response to threats looks like in the brain at the cellular and molecular levels.

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created May 03, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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