News tagged with dopamine receptors
Friendship may have a genetic component
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research suggests groups of friends may have common genetic patterns. Social scientist Professor James Fowler of the University of California, San Diego, came to this conclusion after ...
Jan 18, 2011 |
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Parkinson's drug could treat restless leg syndrome
A 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.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 06, 2010 |
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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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Scientists report molecular structure of dopamine receptor
A 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 is essential to normal brain functioning, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 18, 2010 |
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New regulator of circadian clock identified
Daily sleeping and eating patterns are critical to human well-being and health. Now, a new study from Concordia University has demonstrated how the brain chemical dopamine regulates these cycles by altering the activity of ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 20, 2010 |
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Research examines vicious cycle of overeating and obesity
New research provides evidence of the vicious cycle created when an obese individual overeats to compensate for reduced pleasure from food.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 29, 2010 |
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Trial Studies New Way to Deliver Parkinson's Medication
(PhysOrg.com) -- Most medications for Parkinson's disease are taken orally, at certain times of the day. But doctors at UC Health University Hospital are participating in a clinical trial that significantly changes the Parkinson's ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Aug 05, 2010 |
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MicroRNAs play a role in cocaine addiction
MicroRNAs, already linked to cancer, heart disease and mental disorders such as schizophrenia, may also be involved in addiction. A team of Rockefeller University neuroscientists has shown that a protein that plays a crucial ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 27, 2010 |
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Parkinson's Patients More Likely to Stick With Certain 'Add-on' Drugs
Of the three main types of oral drugs commonly added to levodopa therapy for patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease, one might be the most effective, according to a new review.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 09, 2010 |
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Researchers develop technique to visualize 'your brain on drugs'
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed an imaging protocol that allows them to visualize the activity of the brain's reward circuitry in both normal individuals and those ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 26, 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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Great tits: birds with character
(PhysOrg.com) -- In humans and animals alike, individuals differ in sets of traits that we usually refer to as personality. An important part of the individual difference in personality is due to variation ...
Feb 09, 2010 |
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Brain Dopamine Receptor Density Correlates with Social Status
People have typically viewed the benefits that accrue with social status primarily from the perspective of external rewards. A new paper in the February 1st issue of Biological Psychiatry suggests that there are internal reward ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 03, 2010 |
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Scientists find emotion-like behaviors, regulated by dopamine, in fruit flies
Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have uncovered evidence of a primitive emotion-like behavior in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. Their findings, which may be relevant to the relationship betwee ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 25, 2009 |
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Fat hormone influences baseline dopamine levels and our motivation to eat
As we all know from experience, people eat not only because they are hungry, but also because the food just simply tastes too good to pass up. Now, a new study in the August 6th Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, helps ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 05, 2009 |
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