News articles tagged with 'neurotransmitter'
Researchers get a grip on nervous system's receptors
— 8 Feb 2011 18:30 | HealthA digital signal processing technique long used by statisticians to analyse data is helping Houston scientists understand the roots of memory and learning, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's…
CSHL scientists show in unprecedented detail how cortical nerve cells form synapses with neighbours
— 3 Jan 2011 16:14 | HealthNewly published research led by Professor Z. Josh Huang, Ph.D., of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) sheds important new light on how neurones in the developing brain make connections…
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…
Scientists make advance in dementia research
— 9 Nov 2010 12:22 | HealthThe preservation of a protein found in particular synapses in the brain plays a key role in protecting against vascular dementia after a stroke, say researchers at King's College London…
Eating disorder anorexia nervosa causes potentially serious eye damage
— 22 Oct 2010 16:28 | HealthThe eating disorder anorexia nervosa causes potentially serious eye damage, suggests a small study published online in the British Journal of Ophthalmology…
UMD neuroscientists discover nicotine could play role in Alzheimer's disease therapy
— 14 Oct 2010 10:24 | HealthA team of neuroscientists has discovered important new information in the search for an effective treatment for Alzheimer's disease, the debilitating neurological disorder that afflicts…
Love takes up where pain leaves off, Stanford brain study shows
— 14 Oct 2010 10:12 | HealthIntense, passionate feelings of love can provide amazingly effective pain relief, similar to painkillers or such illicit drugs as cocaine, according to a new Stanford University School…
Brain cell communication: Why it's so fast
— 22 Sep 2010 09:46 | HealthBillions of brain cells are communicating at any given moment. Like an organic supercomputer they keep everything going, from breathing to solving riddles, and 'programming errors'…
Drugs to treat cocaine abuse?
— 11 Aug 2010 09:24 | HealthThe authors of a new study in Biological Psychiatry explore pharmacological strategies for reducing cocaine self-administration in animals that may have implications for treating cocaine…
Electrical activity in developing brain influences choice of neurotransmitter
— 29 Jul 2010 11:31 | HealthCascades of genetic signals determine which neurotransmitter a brain cell will ultimately use to communicate with other cells. Now a pair of reports from biologists at the University…