News tagged with receptor genes
Investigating muscle repair, scientists follow their noses
Nov 16, 2009 |
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When muscle cells need repair, they use odor-detecting tools found in the nose to start the process, researchers have discovered.
Mary had a lot of lambs: Researchers identify way to accelerate sheep breeding
Aug 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Mary had a little lamb, but only once a year. However, Cornell Sheep Program researchers have discovered an unusual form of a gene that prompts ewes to breed out of season as well as conceive ...
Genes: An extra hurdle to quitting smoking during pregnancy?
May 15, 2009 |
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Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School and the University of Bristol, using data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children and the Exeter Family Study of Childhood Health, have identified a common genetic ...
New Target for Maintaining Healthy Blood Pressure Discovered
Apr 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In trying to understand the role of prostaglandins - a family of fatty compounds key to the cardiovascular system - in blood pressure maintenance, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania ...
Throwing the micro switch: MicroRNA may link smoking risk gene to neurobiology of addiction
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 23, 2009 |
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During the past several years, significant progress has been made in identifying susceptibility genes for nicotine dependence through genetic linkage and association analyses. Although a large number of genes have been associated ...
New Clues about Genetic Influence of Stress on Men's Health
Mar 06, 2009 |
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Men with a common genetic variant produce more than twice as much of a hormone known to increase blood pressure and blood sugar when they are angry, according to researchers from Duke University Medical Center.
The neuropeptide Y system is linked to a more severe form of alcohol dependence
Sep 23, 2008 |
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Previous animal research showed an association between the neuropeptide Y (NPY) pathway and its three receptor genes and response to alcohol and cocaine. A new study has examined the relationship of the human NPY system ...
