News tagged with potassium ions
RNA editing responsible for colder water survival in octopus
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered that when it comes to the survival of an octopus living in frigid waters, the reasoning is not a difference in the gene DNA but rather a difference in the RNA editing.
Jan 06, 2012 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
|
A second pathway for antidepressants: New fluorescent assay reveals TREK1 mechanism
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a unique and relatively simple cell-based fluorescent assay they developed, scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 07, 2011 |
5 / 5 (3) |
0
|
Nanotube transistor controlled by ATP could improve man-machine communication
Scientists have built a hybrid bionanoelectronic transistor that can be powered by ATP, or adenosine triphosphate, the energy currency in living cells. The researchers, Aleksandr Noy and colleagues from Lawrence Livermore ...
May 13, 2010 |
4.8 / 5 (17) |
3
|
Flow of potassium into cells implicated in schizophrenia
A study on schizophrenia has implicated machinery that maintains the flow of potassium in cells and revealed a potential molecular target for new treatments. Expression of a previously unknown form of a key ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 06, 2009 |
5 / 5 (8) |
2
Scientists crack molecular code regulating neuronal excitability
A key question in protein biochemistry is how proteins recognize "correct" interaction partners in a sea of cellular factors. Nowhere is that more critical to know than in the brain, where interactions governing ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 22, 2011 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
|
Epileptic seizures may be linked to an ancient gene family
New research points to a genetic route to understanding and treating epilepsy. Timothy Jegla, an assistant professor of biology at Penn State University, has identified an ancient gene family that plays a ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 01, 2010 |
5 / 5 (5) |
0
|
New perspective in ion channel indicates treatment potential
Scientists researching a toxin extracted from the venom of the honey bee have used this to inform the design of new treatments to alleviate the symptoms of conditions such as muscular dystrophy, depression ...
Jul 09, 2010 |
4.5 / 5 (4) |
0
|
Solving the puzzle of the BK ion channel (w/ Video)
In 2004, Washington University in St. Lous researcher Jianmin Cui was handed a puzzling clue to the structure of an ion channel his lab had been studying for five years.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 23, 2010 |
5 / 5 (3) |
0
|
Gene identified for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy
A mutation in a brain protein gene may trigger irregular heart beat and sudden death in people with epilepsy, according to new research in the April 14 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. People with epilep ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 13, 2010 |
4 / 5 (1) |
0
|
Neuroscientists reveal new links that regulate brain electrical activity
Investigators in the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Faculty of Medicine, have made a major breakthrough in our understanding of nerve impulse generation within the brain. Brain cells communicate with each other by firing electrical ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 16, 2010 |
4.8 / 5 (5) |
1
|
Ion exchange may be most important driver of gill development in fish
(PhysOrg.com) -- A long-standing theory is that the first function of fish gills was to allow fish to breathe, but new research is casting doubt on the idea that this activity developed first.
Jan 18, 2010 |
4.3 / 5 (3) |
0
|
Periodic paralysis study reveals gene causing disorder
Scientists have identified a gene underlying a disease that causes temporary paralysis of skeletal muscle. The finding, they say, illustrates how investigations of rare genetic diseases can drive insights into more common ...
Jan 07, 2010 |
not rated yet |
0
|
A Cell's Private Life: Researchers Peer Inside a Hidden Protein
(PhysOrg.com) -- To understand the molecular machinery of the human body, scientists have to be able to observe the structure of cellular proteins. This has been particularly challenging for those proteins ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 30, 2009 |
4.3 / 5 (3) |
2
Hepatitis C virus channels efforts into cell survival
Researchers at the University of Leeds have discovered a previously unknown mechanism that allows the hepatitis C virus (HCV) to remain in the body for decades.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 17, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Site for alcohol's action in the brain discovered
Alcohol's inebriating effects are familiar to everyone. But the molecular details of alcohol's impact on brain activity remain a mystery. A new study by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 28, 2009 |
5 / 5 (10) |
1
