News tagged with muscle relaxants

Antidepressants aid electroconvulsive therapy in treating severe depression

Combining antidepressant drugs with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) does a better job of reducing symptoms of severe depression and causes less memory loss than using ECT alone, according to a new study by researchers at ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Unusual protein helps regulate key cell communication pathway

Charged atoms, or ions, move through tiny pores, or channels, embedded in cell membranes, generating the electrical signals that allow cells to communicate with one another. In new research, scientists have ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The 'living' micro-robot that could detect diseases in humans

A tiny prototype robot that functions like a living creature is being developed which one day could be safely used to pinpoint diseases within the human body.

Electronics / Robotics

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Jellyfish inspires latest ocean-powered robot (w/ video)

American researchers have created a robotic jellyfish, named Robojelly, which not only exhibits characteristics ideal to use in underwater search and rescue operations, but could, theoretically at least, never ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Understanding the mechanical biology of life's bonds

(PhysOrg.com) -- When he was 10 years old, Julio Fernandez took a correspondence course in electronics and earned a certificate for putting together a doorbell. Today, the Columbia professor of biological sciences builds ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

How the fly flies: Scientists discover gene switch responsible for flight muscle formation

Flies are real flight artists, although they only have small wings compared to their body size. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried near Munich, Germany, recently identified ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Warrior web to prevent injury, reduce effects of load

Today’s dismounted warfighters often carry 100 pounds or more of equipment as they patrol for hours across rugged or hilly terrain. This heavy load increases the risk of musculoskeletal injury, particularly ...

Technology / Other

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

How the bat got its buzz: Superfast muscles in mammals

As nocturnal animals, bats rely echolocation to navigate and hunt prey. By bouncing sound waves off objects, including the bugs that are their main diet, bats can produce an accurate representation of their ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Adoptions and offspring swapping stun kangaroo researchers

Kangaroos adopt. It doesn't happen often, but to the astonishment of biologists at Wilsons Promontory National Park in Australia, sometimes a mother bends forward, opens her arms and invites someone else's ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 01, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Botox to iron out Australian asthma wrinkles

It is more celebrity than respiratory, but botox could prove a breath of fresh air for asthmatics if an Australian trial of the toxin launched Tuesday is successful.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Similarities cause protein misfolding

A large number of illnesses stem from misfolded proteins, molecules composed of amino acids. Researchers at the University of Zurich have now studied protein misfolding using a special spectroscopic technique. ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 31, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2


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