News tagged with trpa1
Gene discovery explains how fruit flies retreat from heat
A discovery in fruit flies may be able to tell us more about how animals, including humans, sense potentially dangerous discomforts.
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Sparkling drinks spark pain circuits
You may not think of the fizz in soda as spicy, but your body does.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 28, 2010 |
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Project fruit fly: What accounts for insect taste?
A Johns Hopkins team has identified a protein in sensory cells on the "tongues" of fruit flies that allows them to detect a noxious chemical and, ultimately, influences their decision about what to eat and ...
Apr 23, 2010 |
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Scientists sniff out the evolution of chemical nociception
Whenever you choke on acrid cigarette smoke, feel like you're burning up from a mouthful of wasabi-laced sushi, or cry while cutting raw onions and garlic, your response is being triggered by a primordial chemical sensor ...
Mar 17, 2010 |
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Key to potential new treatment for allergy-induced asthma identified
In research that could lead to new asthma drugs, scientists at Yale School of Medicine, Hydra Biosciences of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the University of California, San Francisco have discovered that a protein may be ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 18, 2009 |
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NSAID receptor responsible for olive oil's 'cough' and more
Scientists from the Monell Center and collaborators report that a receptor known as TRPA1 is activated by two structurally unrelated anti-inflammatory compounds. The first, oleocanthal, is a natural polyphenolic anti-inflammatory ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 18, 2011 |
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