News tagged with glutamate
Star-shaped cells in the brain aid with learning
(PhysOrg.com) -- Every movement and every thought requires the passing of specific information between networks of nerve cells. To improve a skill or to learn something new entails more efficient or a greater ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 07, 2009 |
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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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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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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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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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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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Scientists Discover An Ancient Odor-Detecting Mechanism in Insects
(PhysOrg.com) -- In 1913 Theodore Roosevelt added cartographer to his resume when he and his crew ventured up an unspeakably dangerous and uncharted tributary named the River of Doubt. Now, on a charting expedition ...
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Jan 08, 2009 |
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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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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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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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Receptor activated exclusively by glutamate discovered on tongue
One hundred years ago, Kikunae Ikeda discovered the flavour-giving properties of glutamate, a non essential amino acid traditionally used to enhance the taste of many fermented or ripe foods, such as ripe ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 09, 2009 |
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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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Short stressful events may improve working memory
Experiencing chronic stress day after day can produce wear and tear on the body physically and mentally, and can have a detrimental effect on learning and emotion. However, acute stress -- a short stressful incident -- may ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 23, 2009 |
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Researchers solve structure of NMDA receptor unit that could be drug target for neurological diseases
A team of scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory reports on Thursday their success in solving the molecular structure of a key portion of a cellular receptor implicated in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and other serious ...
Nov 12, 2009 |
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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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