News tagged with neurotransmitter glutamate
Researchers find a key mechanism in the development of nerve cells
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Chaos brews in the brains of newborns: the nerve cells are still bound only loosely to each other. Under the leadership of Academy Research Fellow Sari Lauri, a team of researchers at the University of Helsinki has been studying ...
Short stressful events may improve working memory
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Jul 23, 2009 |
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Experiencing chronic stress day after day can produce wear and tear on the body physically and mentally, and can have a detrimental effect on learning and emotion. However, acute stress -- a short stressful incident -- may ...
Hepatic encephalopathy and prehepatic portal hypertension rat model
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Portal hypertension is responsible for severe and often lethal complications of cirrhosis. Another important syndrome is hepatic encephalopathy as a consequence of acute and chronic liver failure, which is characterized by ...
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Neurotransmitter defect may trigger autoimmune disease
Oct 06, 2008 |
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A potentially blinding neurological disorder, often confused with multiple sclerosis (MS), has now become a little less mysterious. A new study by researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, may have uncovered ...
Understanding the brain's natural foil for over-excited neurons
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Glutamate is to the brain like coffee is to our bodies. A cup of Joe in the morning can wake us, but overloading on caffeine causes the stimulant to work against us.
Structure of important neurotransmitter regulator determined
Feb 01, 2008 |
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Researchers from Virginia Tech and the Brookhaven National Laboratory have solved the structure of an enzyme that is critical in the regulation of the neurotransmitter system in the human brain.
Cell's split personality is a major discovery into neurological diseases
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May 07, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Université de Montreal (UdeM) and the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI), McGill University have discovered that cells which normally support nerve cell (neuron) survival also play an active and ...
Pain in fibromyalgia is linked to changes in brain molecule
Mar 10, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System have found a key linkage between pain and a specific brain molecule, a discovery that lends new insight into fibromyalgia, an often-baffling chronic pain condition.
Glutamate identified as predictor of disease progression in multiple sclerosis
Apr 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- UCSF researchers have identified a correlation between higher levels of glutamate, which occurs naturally in the brain as a byproduct of metabolism, and greater disease burden in multiple sclerosis patients. ...
New mechanism for amyloid beta protein's toxic impact on the Alzheimer's brain
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Scientists have uncovered a novel mechanism linking soluble amyloid -- protein with the synaptic injury and memory loss associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). The research, published by Cell Press in the June 25 issue ...
Deafness and seizures result when mysterious protein deleted in mice
Jan 24, 2008 |
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Scientists have discovered that mice genetically engineered to lack a particular protein in the brain have profound deafness and seizures. The finding suggests a pathway, they say, for exploring the hereditary causes of deafness ...
Migraine mice exhibit enhanced excitatory transmission at cortical synapses
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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 ...
Discovery could help scientists stop the "death cascade" of neurons after a stroke
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Jan 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Distressed swimmers often panic, sapping the strength they need to keep their heads above water until help arrives. When desperate for oxygen, neurons behave in a similar way. They freak out, stupidly discharging ...
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