News tagged with glutamate release
Migraine mice exhibit enhanced excitatory transmission at cortical synapses
New research is unraveling the complex brain mechanisms associated with disabling migraine headaches. The study, published by Cell Press in the March 12th issue of the journal Neuron, reveals that perturbation of the delica ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Deciphering the mechanism of an ion pump
From an analysis of the sodium-transporting vacuolar ATPases (V-ATPases) of the bacterium Enterococcus hirae, Takeshi Murata of the RIKEN Systems and Structural Biology Center, Yokohama, and colleagues recently ...
Dec 16, 2011 |
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A flash of insight: Chemist uses lasers to see proteins at work
Binghamton University researcher Christof Grewer thinks he has an important brain transport protein – glutamate transporter – figured out. And he's using a novel approach to spy on them by taking ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jul 05, 2011 |
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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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Sexual plant reproduction: Male and female talk in the same way as do cells in your brain
A team of researchers at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (IGC), Portugal, discovered that pollen, the organ that contains the plant male gametes, communicate with the pistil, their female counterpart, ...
Mar 17, 2011 |
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Molecular simulations explain how enzymatic pumps transport calcium ions within muscle cells
The transport of ions is essential for the routine maintenance of the body. For this reason cells contain specialized enzymes that act as pumps that help ions to move around and pass through boundaries.
Feb 18, 2011 |
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'UnZIPPING' zinc protects hippocampal neurons
Zinc ions released at the junction between two neurons (called a synapse) are important signals, but when too much zinc accumulates, cells become dysfunctional or die.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 04, 2011 |
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Can't relax? It's all in your mind: Research shows stopping a thought puts more strain on the brain
(PhysOrg.com) -- Turns out, relaxing is exhausting—which could by why so many people struggle to unplug from work during vacation.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 14, 2010 |
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Working in concert
As cells go about the process of building new proteins, each amino acid gets delivered individually to the protein-synthesizing machinery of the ribosome by a specialized transfer RNA (tRNA) molecule. This ...
Dec 06, 2010 |
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Halloween Special: Why we love to scare ourselves; the anatomy of fright
Dracula, Frankenstein, witches, ghosts and goblins are all around us at this time of year -- and Hollywood keeps them at our beck and call for the rest of the year as well. Scary movies allow us to experience ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 29, 2010 |
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Brain chemical finding could open door to new schizophrenia drugs
New research has linked psychosis with an abnormal relationship between two signalling chemicals in the brain. The findings, published in tomorrow's edition of the journal Biological Psychiatry, suggest a new approach to pre ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 30, 2010 |
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