News tagged with dopamine d1 receptor
Throwing the micro switch: MicroRNA may link smoking risk gene to neurobiology of addiction
During the past several years, significant progress has been made in identifying susceptibility genes for nicotine dependence through genetic linkage and association analyses. Although a large number of genes have been associated ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 23, 2009 |
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Neurological protein may hold the key to new treatments for depression
Neuroscientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have developed a protein peptide that may be a novel type of highly targeted treatment for depression with a low side-effect profile. Depression affects ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 29, 2010 |
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Obsessing over strep throat in kids
A common infection in children, strep throat can lead to problems with a child's heart, joints or brain if left untreated. And when the brain is involved, motor and mental functioning may be compromised, leading to syndromes ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 20, 2010 |
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Ritalin boosts learning by increasing brain plasticity
Doctors treat millions of children with Ritalin every year to improve their ability to focus on tasks, but scientists now report that Ritalin also directly enhances the speed of learning.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 07, 2010 |
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Cognitive training can alter the biochemistry of the brain
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have shown for the first time that the active training of the working memory brings about visible changes in the number of dopamine receptors ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 06, 2009 |
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For treating advanced Parkinson's, new research points to serotonin
For most people with Parkinson’s disease, the only relief from the tremors, rigidity and impaired movement associated with the progressive loss of their motor skills is a drug called L-DOPA. But as the disease progresses, ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 04, 2008 |
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New dopamine brain target discovered
A team of Canadian researchers, lead by Dr. Susan George and Dr. Brian O'Dowd at the Centre for Addiction and Mental health (CAMH), discovered a distinct dopamine signalling complex in the brain. Composed of two different ...
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Jan 23, 2007 |
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