News tagged with neurotransmission
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 ...
Financial risk taking: Blame it on the genes
Feb 11, 2009 |
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Financial institutions continue to teeter on the brink of ruin. Banks are still devouring bailout money without loosening credit enough to make a difference in a recession that is sweeping the globe. And everyone keeps asking, ...
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Maternal smoking may increase newborns' discomfort
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 21, 2009 |
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A new research study being published in the October 15th issue of Biological Psychiatry suggests that maternal smoking may increase the level of distress of newborns.
Researchers find new actions of neurochemicals (w/ Video)
Jul 02, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Tiny but toxic: Researchers discover a mechanism of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Tiny, toxic protein particles severely disrupt neurotransmission and inhibit delivery of key proteins in Alzheimer's disease, two separate studies by Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) researchers have found.
Migraine mice exhibit enhanced excitatory transmission at cortical synapses
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 11, 2009 |
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New research is unraveling the complex brain mechanisms associated with disabling migraine headaches. The study, published by Cell Press in the March 12th issue of the journal Neuron, reveals that perturbation of the delica ...
Nature or nurture -- Are you who your brain chemistry says you are?
Aug 12, 2008 |
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Researchers using positron emission tomography (PET) have validated a long-held theory that individual personality traits—particularly reward dependency—are connected to brain chemistry, a finding that has implications for ...
Probing Question: Fishhooks of addiction
Jul 16, 2008 |
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When the American writer Theodore Roethke taught at Penn State from 1936 to 1943, he was known for three things: being a good poet, coaching the men’s tennis team, and falling down drunk, perhaps the latter more than the ...
Thin line between desire and dread: Dopamine controls both
Jul 07, 2008 |
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The chemical dopamine induces both desire and dread in adjacent regions of the brain, according to new research at the University of Michigan.
New study reveals brain cell mechanism of alcohol dependence
May 28, 2008 |
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A study released today reveals a cellular mechanism involved in alcohol dependence. The study, in the May 28 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience, shows that gabapentin, a drug used to treat chronic pain and epilepsy, reduce ...
Disturbances in brain circuitry linked to chronic exposure to solvents
Apr 15, 2008 |
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Chronic occupational exposure to organic solvents, found in materials such as paints, printing and dry cleaning agents, is widespread all over the world, and is thought to damage the central nervous system. The pattern of ...
Nature or nurture - why do some of us see red?
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Mar 13, 2008 |
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University of Manchester researchers are investigating why some people remain calm in the face of life's niggles, while others 'flip' with little provocation.
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