News articles tagged with 'calcium' (Page 2)
Neuroscientists learn how channels fine-tune neuronal excitability
— 26 Jan 2011 19:22 | HealthScientists in the Hotchkiss Brain Institute at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, have discovered a new mechanism that nerve cells (neurones) use to fine-tune their electrical…
Mammograms: Detecting more than breast cancer, may help assess heart risk in kidney disease patients
— 21 Jan 2011 19:17 | HealthRoutine mammograms performed for breast cancer screening could serve another purpose as well: detecting calcifications in the blood vessels of patients with advanced kidney disease,…
Speeding up Mother Nature's very own CO2 mitigation process
— 20 Jan 2011 16:19 | EnvironmentUsing seawater and calcium to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) in a natural gas power plant's flue stream, and then pumping the resulting calcium bicarbonate in the sea, could be beneficial…
Common antibiotics and blood pressure medication may result in hospitalisation
— 18 Jan 2011 16:42 | HealthMixing commonly used antibiotics with common blood pressure medications may cause hypotension (abnormally low blood pressure) and induce shock in older patients, requiring hospitalisation,…
New UCLA-designed microscope records firing of thousands of individual neurones in 3-D
— 12 Jan 2011 17:31 | HealthSome disorders of the brain are obvious - the massive death of brain cells after a stroke, the explosion in the growth of cells that marks a tumour. Other disorders, such as autism,…
Researchers explain mechanism behind rare muscle disorders
— 14 Dec 2010 19:42 | HealthResearchers have provided the first thorough mechanistic account of how a genetic defect leads to malignant hypothermia (MH) and central core disease (CCD), rare genetic skeletal muscle…
New mechanism links cellular stress and brain damage
— 9 Dec 2010 16:03 | HealthA new study uncovers a mechanism linking a specific type of cellular stress with brain damage similar to that associated with neurodegenerative disease…
Mystery dissolves with calcium pump discovery
— 30 Nov 2010 21:59 | BiologyGeo-microbiologists from Arizona State University have solved a long-standing conundrum about how some photosynthetic microorganisms, endolithic cyanobacteria, bore their way into limestone,…
A molecular switch for memory and addiction
— 30 Nov 2010 21:51 | HealthLearning and memory formation are based on the creation of new connections between neurones in the brain. Also, behaviours such as nicotine addiction manifest themselves in long-term…
Screening tool may better identify heart disease in African-Americans
— 30 Nov 2010 21:38 | HealthIn a study being presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), researchers say they may have an explanation as to why African Americans,…