News articles tagged with 'dopamine'
Miniature 'wearable' PET scanner ready for use
— 13 Mar 2011 19:16 | HealthScientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, Stony Brook University, and collaborators have demonstrated the efficacy of a 'wearable,' portable…
Parkinson's disease may be caused by microtubule, rather than mitochondrial complex I, dysfunction
— 8 Mar 2011 14:50 | HealthPatients with Parkinson's disease (PD) suffer a specific loss of dopaminergic neurones from the midbrain region that controls motor function. The exact mechanism of this selective neurodegeneration…
Binge eaters' dopamine levels spike at sight, smell of food
— 28 Feb 2011 16:46 | HealthA brain imaging study at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory reveals a subtle difference between ordinary obese subjects and those who compulsively…
Neuroscientists find overlooked brain area is an important locus of depression
— 24 Feb 2011 19:59 | HealthA team of neuroscientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and UC San Diego (UCSD) has collected evidence suggesting that a previously overlooked…
SLU research implicates natural toxin as triggering Parkinson's disease
— 11 Feb 2011 16:48 | HealthIn new research from Saint Louis University, investigators have found evidence that a toxin produced by the brain is responsible for the series of cellular events that lead to Parkinson's…
Ritalin may ease early iron deficiency damage
— 3 Feb 2011 18:12 | HealthRitalin may help improve brain function in adolescent rats that were iron deficient during infancy, according to a team of Penn State neuroscientists. This may have implications for…
Team creates novel vaccine that produces strong immunity against cocaine high
— 5 Jan 2011 18:03 | HealthResearchers from The Scripps Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, and Cornell University have produced a long-lasting anti-cocaine immunity in mice by giving them a unique…
Unlocking the secrets of our compulsions
— 9 Dec 2010 16:33 | HealthResearchers have shed new light on dopamine's role in the brain's reward system, which could provide insight into impulse control problems associated with addiction and a number of…
Parkinson's drug could treat restless leg syndrome
— 7 Dec 2010 17:40 | HealthA drug prescribed for Parkinson's disease may also treat restless leg syndrome without the adverse side effects of current therapies, Medical College of Georgia researchers say…
Scripps Research scientists report molecular structure of dopamine receptor
— 19 Nov 2010 12:14 | HealthA team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute has solved the structure of one of the receptors that responds to the neurotransmitter dopamine. Although dopamine transmission…