News tagged with overstimulation
Mannan oligosaccharides offer health benefits to pigs
Feeding mannan oligosaccharides (MOS) can fine-tune the immune system of pigs, suggests a new University of Illinois study.
Jul 29, 2011 |
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Playing on our instincts: Psychology professor says 'supernormal stimuli' drive many unnatural urges
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have long known that lab animals’ behavior can be manipulated by artificially stimulating their natural instincts. Over-stimulating animals can provoke such extreme responses that ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 18, 2010 |
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Study finds common fire retardant harmful to aquatic life
A new study by Baylor University environmental health researchers found that zebra fish exposed to several different technical mixtures of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) – a common fire retardant – during ...
May 24, 2011 |
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Repeated stress produces long-lasting resistance to stroke damage in the brain
(PhysOrg.com) -- An innate protective response that makes the brain resistant to injury from stroke can be made to last for months longer than previously documented, researchers at Washington University School ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 24, 2011 |
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'Ivory wave' may be new legal high after 'miaow miaow' (mephedrone) ban
A new legal high has emerged that seems to be replacing the banned substance mephedrone or "miaow miaow", warns a critical care paramedic in Emergency Medicine Journal.
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Nicotine harms the pubescent brain
Smoking at an early age can cause attention deficits in later life. Researchers at the Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam (part of VU University and its medical centre) have discovered a new mechanism that explains how exposure ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 01, 2011 |
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New probiotic combats inflammatory bowel disease
You know the probiotics in your peach yogurt are healthful, but now it appears they may also be a powerful treatment for disease.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 31, 2011 |
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Protein disables p53, drives breast cells toward cancer transition
The recently identified TRIM24 protein plays an active role in pushing normal breast cells into rapid cell proliferation and, potentially, into breast cancer.
Dec 15, 2010 |
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Drug-like compound stops thyroid overstimulation in early NIH studies
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have identified a compound that prevents overproduction of thyroid hormone, a finding that brings scientists one step closer to improving treatment for Graves' disease.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 01, 2010 |
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Scientists uncover previously unknown natural mechanism that controls cocaine use
Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have found that a particular type of genetic material plays a key role in determining vulnerability to cocaine addiction and may offer an entirely new direction for the development ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 07, 2010 |
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Portable media players associated with short-term hearing effects
Temporary changes in hearing sensitivity are associated with potential harmful effects of listening to an MP3 player, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.
Jun 21, 2010 |
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Multitasking is no problem for these brain cells: Individual brain cells can ID both cars and cats
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory found that single brain cells, if confronted with a difficult task, can identify objects as dissimilar as sports cars and dogs.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 09, 2010 |
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