News tagged with excitatory neurotransmitter
Molecular architecture of key NMDA receptor subunit revealed
Structural biologists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) in collaboration with colleagues at Emory University have determined the molecular structure of a key portion, or subunit, of a receptor type commonly expressed ...
Apr 26, 2011 |
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Understanding the brain's natural foil for over-excited neurons
Glutamate is to the brain like coffee is to our bodies. A cup of Joe in the morning can wake us, but overloading on caffeine causes the stimulant to work against us.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Hepatic encephalopathy and prehepatic portal hypertension rat model
Portal hypertension is responsible for severe and often lethal complications of cirrhosis. Another important syndrome is hepatic encephalopathy as a consequence of acute and chronic liver failure, which is characterized by ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 29, 2009 |
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