News tagged with stress signals

Stress pathway identified as potential therapeutic target to prevent vision loss

A new study identifies specific cell-stress signaling pathways that link injury of the optic nerve with irreversible vision loss. The research, published by Cell Press in the February 9 issue of the journal Neuron, may le ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ship noise boosts stress in whales, 9/11 reveals: study

The steady drone of motors along busy commercial shipping lanes not only alters whale behaviour but can affect the giant sea mammals physically by causing chronic stress, a study published Wednesday has reported ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Study provides new details of fundamental cellular process

A recent Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) study published in the journal Science investigating the molecular structure and function of an essential plant hormone could profoundly change our understanding of a key cell p ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new role for cytokinin plant hormones

When plants, including crops, are exposed to environmental stresses such as drought or high salinity, abscisic acid (ABA), a stress-responsive hormone is synthesized to induce a protective response. At the same time, the ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Neuroscientists discover new 'chemical pathway' in the brain for stress

A team of neuroscientists at the University of Leicester, UK, in collaboration with researchers from Poland and Japan, has announced a breakthrough in the understanding of the 'brain chemistry' that triggers ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New mechanism links cellular stress and brain damage

A new study uncovers a mechanism linking a specific type of cellular stress with brain damage similar to that associated with neurodegenerative disease. The research, published by Cell Press in the December 9 issue of the ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new role for insulin in cell survival, cell metabolism and stress response

Researchers at the Buck Institute for Age Research have discovered a novel way in which insulin affects cell metabolism and cell survival. Surprisingly the insulin signaling pathway, which is involved in aging, diabetes and ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Biologists identify a new clue into cellular aging

The ability to combat some age-related diseases, such as cancer and diabetes, may rest with scientists unlocking clues about the molecular and cellular processes governing aging. The underlying theory is that if the healthy ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 07, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers look at reducing yield loss for crops under stress

People feel it, animals feel it, and yes, plants sense it too. It's stress.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 30, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New and unexpected mechanism identified how the brain responds to stress

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0