News tagged with channel protein
Site for alcohol's action in the brain discovered
Alcohol's inebriating effects are familiar to everyone. But the molecular details of alcohol's impact on brain activity remain a mystery. A new study by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies ...
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Jun 28, 2009 |
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Cell's power generator depends on long-sought protein: 50-year search for calcium channel ends
(PhysOrg.com) -- Mitochondria, those battery-pack organelles that fuel the energy of almost every living cell, have an insatiable appetite for calcium. Whether in a dish or a living organism, the mitochondria ...
Jun 19, 2011 |
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Chemists discover how antiviral drugs bind to and block flu virus
Antiviral drugs block influenza A viruses from reproducing and spreading by attaching to a site within a proton channel necessary for the virus to infect healthy cells, according to a research project led ...
Feb 03, 2010 |
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Study suggests new target for treatment of depression
A brain protein involved in fear behavior and anxiety may represent a new target for depression therapies, according to a study by researchers at the University of Iowa and the Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 28, 2009 |
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Study sheds light on brain's fear processing center
Breathing carbon dioxide can trigger panic attacks, but the biological reason for this effect has not been understood. A new study by University of Iowa researchers shows that carbon dioxide increases brain acidity, which ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 25, 2009 |
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A Cell's Private Life: Researchers Peer Inside a Hidden Protein
(PhysOrg.com) -- To understand the molecular machinery of the human body, scientists have to be able to observe the structure of cellular proteins. This has been particularly challenging for those proteins ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 30, 2009 |
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How fruit flies taste water
(PhysOrg.com) -- The ability to detect water and regulate water intake is essential for all animals because if cells have too little or too much water the consequences for the animal can be disastrous. It ...
Apr 08, 2010 |
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Scientists crack molecular code regulating neuronal excitability
A key question in protein biochemistry is how proteins recognize "correct" interaction partners in a sea of cellular factors. Nowhere is that more critical to know than in the brain, where interactions governing ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 22, 2011 |
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Researchers get a first look at the mechanics of membrane proteins
In two new studies, researchers provide the first detailed view of the elaborate chemical and mechanical interactions that allow the ribosome – the cell's protein-building machinery – to insert a ...
Apr 17, 2011 |
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Unusual protein helps regulate key cell communication pathway
Charged atoms, or ions, move through tiny pores, or channels, embedded in cell membranes, generating the electrical signals that allow cells to communicate with one another. In new research, scientists have ...
Apr 23, 2012 |
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Study shows a key protein helps control blood pressure
University of Iowa researchers have shown that a protein channel helps nerve sensors in blood vessels keep blood pressure in check. Without the protein channel, known as ASIC2, the sensors are unable to send the brain the ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 23, 2009 |
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Parkinson's: Neurons destroyed by 3 simultaneous strikes
In a study that reveals the clearest picture to date of neuron death in Parkinson's disease, researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have found that a trio of culprits acting in concert is responsible for killing ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Gene called flower missing link in vesicle uptake in neurons
As part of the intricate ballet of synaptic transmission from one neuron to the next, tiny vesicles - bubbles containing the chemical neurotransmitters that make information exchange possible -- travel to the tip of neurons ...
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Protein link may be key to new treatment for aggressive brain tumor
Biomedical researchers at the University of Central Florida have found a protein that could hold the key to treating one of the most common and aggressive brain tumors in adults.
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Back to the future for flu fighters
(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian National University researchers have breathed new life into an old protein drug target in a discovery that could open the door to a new range of drugs to combat influenza.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 20, 2010 |
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