News tagged with stress signals
New and unexpected mechanism identified how the brain responds to stress
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Chronic stress takes a physical and emotional toll on our bodies and scientists are working on piecing together a medical puzzle to understand how we respond to stress at the cellular level in the brain. Being able to quickly ...
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Study may lead to drought-resistant plants
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Apr 03, 2007 |
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U.S. scientists have determined how plants pass signals of stress due to lack of water or salinity from chloroplast to nuclei.
Study of Whitehall civil servants explains how stress at work is linked to heart disease
Jan 23, 2008 |
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New research has produced strong evidence of how work stress is linked to the biological mechanisms involved in the onset of heart disease.
Short stressful events may improve working memory
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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 ...
A doorman in plant cells
Jun 20, 2008 |
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Scientists at the University of Tübingen, Germany identified important signalling-protein for the stress-response of plant cells. The research group of Klaus Harter at the Centre for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University ...
Surprising discovery: Multicellular response is 'all for one'
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May 08, 2008 |
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Real or perceived threats can trigger the well-known “fight or flight response” in humans and other animals. Adrenaline flows, and the stressed individual’s heart pumps faster, the muscles work harder, the brain sharpens ...
Study Shines Light on How Red Blood Cells Control Blood Pressure
Oct 21, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new technique sheds light on how red blood cells regulate blood pressure in small blood vessels.
Discovery of 'master switch' for the communication process between chloroplast and nuclei of plants
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Apr 02, 2007 |
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Scientists have puzzled for years in understanding how plants pass signals of stress due to lack of water or salinity from chloroplast to nucleus. They know that chloroplasts – the cellular organelles that give plants their ...
Free radical cell death switch identified
Jun 01, 2006 |
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U.S. scientists say they've found a molecular pathway that might cause stroke, diabetes, heart and neurodegenerative disease and even the aging process.
Stress-induced changes in brain circuitry linked to cocaine relapse
Oct 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Stress-evoked changes in circuits that regulate serotonin in certain brain regions can precipitate a low mood and a relapse in cocaine-seeking.
What is the role of reactive oxygen species in ethanol-mediated cell death of polarized hepatic cells?
Jun 15, 2009 |
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Liver disease that results as a consequence of alcohol abuse is a major medical problem worldwide. Ethanol consumption leads to a variety of liver alterations including the accumulation of fat, inflammation of the liver, ...
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