News tagged with glutamate
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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Diabetes vaccine stumbles at second hurdle
An experimental vaccine to prevent progression of Type 1 diabetes failed at the second step of the three-phase trial process, doctors said on Monday in a study reported online by The Lancet.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 27, 2011 |
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Scientists find a new way insulin-producing cells die
The death of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas is a core defect in diabetes. Scientists in Italy and Texas now have discovered a new way that these cells die — by toxic imbalance of a molecule secreted by ...
Feb 25, 2011 |
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How genetic variations in neuroactive steroid-producing enzymes may influence drinking habits
One of the ways in which alcohol dependence (AD) may develop is through alcohol's effects on neural signaling, such as modulation of γ-aminobutyric acid type A (GABAA) receptors. Alcohol may indirectly modulate GABAA ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 15, 2011 |
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Hope for stroke victims
Two new studies from Spain provide conclusive evidence that an approach developed at the Weizmann Institute could speed recovery from stroke and head trauma.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 08, 2011 |
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Researchers get a grip on nervous system's receptors
A digital signal processing technique long used by statisticians to analyze data is helping Houston scientists understand the roots of memory and learning, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases and stroke.
Feb 07, 2011 |
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New test for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) could be on the way
Researchers from the University of Sydney's Centenary Institute have identified gene mutations that impair kidney function leading to a rare kidney disorder known as dicarboxylic aminoaciduria (DA).
Jan 05, 2011 |
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The secrets behind stress-induced illness
(PhysOrg.com) -- Both humans and animals have different reactions to stress. Ongoing exposure to stress causes some individuals to show symptoms of disease, while others are resilient and do not become ill. ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 22, 2010 |
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Tackling cognitive deficits in Alzheimer's disease: 1 'STEP' at a time
Lowering levels of a key protein involved in regulating learning and memory -- STtriatal-Enriched tyrosine Phosphatase (STEP) -- reversed cognitive deficits in mice with Alzheimer's disease, Yale School of Medicine researchers ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 18, 2010 |
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Talented bacteria make food poisoning unpredictable
While we are often exposed to bacteria in our food which could cause food poisoning, we don't always become ill - why should this be so?
Sep 06, 2010 |
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Scientists identify new drug strategy against fragile X syndrome
Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine have identified a potential new strategy for treating fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited cause of intellectual disability.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 10, 2010 |
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Researchers uncover biochemical pathway by which harmful molecule may raise Alzheimer's risk
A molecule implicated in Alzheimer's disease interferes with brain cells by making them unable to "recycle" the surface receptors that respond to incoming signals, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 14, 2010 |
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Researchers identify brain protein for synapse development
A new study from UC Davis Health System identifies for the first time a brain protein called SynDIG1 that plays a critical role in creating and sustaining synapses, the complex chemical signaling system responsible for communication ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 29, 2010 |
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Brain protein critical to movement, memory, and learning deciphered at the Advanced Light Source
(PhysOrg.com) -- The structure of a protein that is sending electrical pulses between neurons in your brain as you read this article has been fully mapped for the first time using Lawrence Berkeley National ...
Jan 22, 2010 |
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Glutamate can play key role in drug impact on brain
(PhysOrg.com) -- Addiction disorders of various kinds are a major health and social problem, and our knowledge of how the brain’s reward system functions needs to be enhanced. Uppsala researchers now shows an unexpected effect ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 16, 2009 |
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