News tagged with nerve transmission
A possible new target for treatment of multiple sclerosis
The immune system recognizes and neutralizes or destroys toxins and foreign pathogens that have gained access to the body. Autoimmune diseases result when the system attacks the body's own tissues instead. One of the most ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 27, 2011 |
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Researchers achieve a full film frame of a family of proteins essential for cell function
Spanish researchers at IRB Barcelona have completed the 3D structural sequence adopted by several essential proteins in the exchange of substances between the extra and intracellular milieu. This finding provides a global ...
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Opening the gate to the cell's recycling center
(PhysOrg.com) -- In cells, as in cities, disposing of garbage and recycling anything that can be reused is an essential service. In both city and cell, health problems can arise when the process breaks down.
Jul 14, 2010 |
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How nerve cells grow: Researchers decode a molecular process that controls the growth
Brain researcher Hiroshi Kawabe has discovered the workings of a process that had been completely overlooked until now, and that allows nerve cells in the brain to grow and form complex networks. The study ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 19, 2010 |
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New insight into Alzheimer's disease pathology
An Alzheimer's-related protein helps form and maintain nerve cell connections, according to a study published in the May 4 print issue of the Journal of Cell Biology.
May 04, 2009 |
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Long-lasting nerve block could change pain management
(PhysOrg.com) -- Harvard researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston have developed a slow-release anesthetic drug-delivery system that could potentially revolutionize treatment of pain during and after surgery, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 14, 2009 |
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Researchers Disprove 15-year-old Theory about the Nervous System
(PhysOrg.com) -- A delay in traffic may cause a headache, but a delay in the nervous system can cause much more. University of Missouri researchers have uncovered clues identifying which proteins are involved in the development ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 03, 2009 |
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