News tagged with dopamine transporter
Mouse model of Parkinson's reproduces nonmotor symptoms
The classic symptoms of Parkinson's disease involve tremor, stiffness and slow movements. Over the last decade, neurologists have been paying greater attention to non-motor symptoms, such as digestive and sleep problems, ...
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Jun 23, 2009 |
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Narcolepsy Drug Being Used to Improve Cognitive Performance Affects Brain Dopamine Activity
Preliminary research in healthy men suggests that the narcolepsy drug modafinil, increasingly being used to enhance cognitive abilities, affects the activity of dopamine in the brain in a way that may create ...
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Mar 17, 2009 |
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Financial risk taking: Blame it on the genes
Financial institutions continue to teeter on the brink of ruin. Banks are still devouring bailout money without loosening credit enough to make a difference in a recession that is sweeping the globe. And everyone keeps asking, ...
Feb 11, 2009 |
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'Copper pump's' potential benefit in cancer treatment
(Phys.org) -- A team of University of California, San Diego researchers has made new discoveries about a copper-transporting protein in the membranes of human cells that drug-discovery scientists can co-opt ...
May 17, 2012 |
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Scientists discover new hitch to link nerve cell motors to their cargo
from the blink of an eye to running a marathon—nerve cells transmit signals to muscle cells. To do that, nerve cells rely on tiny molecular motors to transport chemical messengers (neurotransmitters) that excite muscles ...
May 25, 2011 |
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Parkinson's disease may be caused by microtubule, rather than mitochondrial complex I, dysfunction
Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) suffer a specific loss of dopaminergic neurons from the midbrain region that controls motor function. The exact mechanism of this selective neurodegeneration is unclear, ...
Mar 07, 2011 |
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A new model for studying Parkinson's
Evidence is steadily mounting that genetic factors play an important role in many cases of Parkinson's disease (PD). In a study published February 2, 2011, online in the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers from t ...
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Feb 01, 2011 |
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Adolescent alcohol use linked with genetic variation in DRD2 gene and drinking to cope
Drinking is a popular pastime for most adolescents, but when copious amounts of alcohol are consumed (known as binging) on a regular basis, it could be indicative of a deeper problem. Therefore, researchers in the Netherlands ...
Jan 19, 2011 |
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Genetic trait could triple odds of whites' susceptibility to heavy cocaine abuse
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nearly one in five whites could carry a genetic variant that substantially increases their odds of being susceptible to severe cocaine abuse, according to new research.
Dec 21, 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 ...
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Nov 29, 2010 |
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Gene linked to ADHD allows memory task to be interrupted by brain regions tied to daydreaming
Neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) say brain scans show that a gene nominally linked to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) leads to increased interference by brain regions associated ...
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Nov 16, 2010 |
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In Parkinson's disease, brain cells abandon mitochondria
In a study that sheds new light on the causes of Parkinson's disease, researchers report that brain cells in Parkinson's patients abandon their energy-producing machinery, the mitochondria. A shutdown in fuel can have devastating ...
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Oct 06, 2010 |
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Molecular link between diabetes and schizophrenia connects food and mood
Defects in insulin function - which occur in diabetes and obesity - could directly contribute to psychiatric disorders like schizophrenia.
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Jun 08, 2010 |
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