Brain protein shows promise in checking obesity
August 10th, 2011 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Aug 10 (IANS) Research by an Indian-origin scientist has shown that brain protein may actually hold the key to keeping appetite and blood sugar under control and keep unwanted ... Read more...
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New mouse model to probe how antidepressants work
February 19th, 2011 - 2:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 19 (ANI): Vanderbilt University researchers have developed a new mouse model to determine how antidepressants work.The most widely prescribed antidepressants - medicines such as Prozac, Lexapro and Paxil - work ... Read more...
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‘Gene fix’ to treat depression
October 22nd, 2010 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 22 (IANS) A shot of genes could help treat severe depression, according to scientists.Anti-depressants don't work for everyone and can cause side-effects from suicide and suicidal thoughts to self-harm, anxiety, ... Read more...
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Gene therapy to brain may treat major depression
October 21st, 2010 - 1:58 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 21 (ANI): Researchers at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center have said that animal and human data suggest gene therapy to the brain may be able to treat patients with ... Read more...
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Illegal party drug may drive away the blues within 40 minutes
September 14th, 2010 - 1:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 14 (ANI): The fastest treatment for depression may lie in a horse tranquilliser, according to a new study, which demonstrated the benefits of the drug within 40 minutes.This compares with ... Read more...
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Misfolding neural proteins linked with autism
September 13th, 2010 - 4:21 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 13 (ANI): Misfolding and other molecular anomalies in a key brain protein is associated with autism spectrum disorder, international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, ... Read more...
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Misfolded neural proteins linked to autism disorders identified
September 11th, 2010 - 4:27 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 11 (ANI): Scientists have identified misfolding and other molecular anomalies in a key brain protein due to gene mutation may lead to autism spectrum disorders.An international team, led by researchers ... Read more...
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Key Alzheimer’s risk gene causes alterations in shapes of brain protein deposits
July 15th, 2010 - 2:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 15 (ANI): Using a newly discovered class of biomarkers, researchers have found that the shape of brain protein deposits is different in people with Alzheimer's who have the highest-risk gene ... Read more...
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Why postpartum blues is so common after childbirth
May 5th, 2010 - 3:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 5 (ANI): A new study has explained why postpartum blues and clinical depression are so common after childbirth.Greater levels of a brain protein called monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A) could provide ... Read more...
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Boffins identify gene for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy
April 14th, 2010 - 12:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 14 (ANI): People with epilepsy who are otherwise healthy are more than 10 times more likely to die suddenly and unexpectedly than the general population. Now, scientists claim that a ... Read more...
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Structure of ‘temple of the mind’ unlocked
November 30th, 2009 - 12:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 30 (ANI): Researchers have unravelled the structure of a very complicated and important brain protein, which is shaped like a temple-an accomplishment that could trigger the development of new treatments ... Read more...
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Scientists explain why breathing carbon dioxide triggers panic attack
November 27th, 2009 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Nov 26 (IANS) Breathing in carbon dioxide is known to trigger panic attacks. Now scientists have unravelled why.
A new study by University of Iowa (UI) researchers shows that carbon dioxide ... Read more...
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New approach to treat Alzheimer’s disease
October 7th, 2009 - 2:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 7 (ANI): Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Centre have come up with a new approach to treat Alzheimer's disease.They suggest that the action of a small protein that is a ... Read more...
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Critical gene for brain development, mental retardation identified
September 5th, 2009 - 12:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 5 (ANI): Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have discovered that a brain protein, called srGAP2, plays a vital role in brain development ... Read more...
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Scientists unravel mystery behind schizophrenia
August 11th, 2009 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 11 (IANS) New research has revealed how schizophrenia, a mental disorder which results in hallucinations, memory loss and social withdrawal, works in the brain.
In a new, genetically engineered mouse ... Read more...
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How traffic jam in brain leads to schizophrenia
August 11th, 2009 - 1:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 11 (ANI): Researchers from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have found that low levels of protein required for maintaining constant contact between brain neurons might cause schizophrenia.Schizophrenia is a ... Read more...
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Alzheimer’s disease drug may treat traumatic brain injury too
July 13th, 2009 - 3:45 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 13 (ANI): A class of drugs used for the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) has been found to be effective in treating traumatic brain injury as well, according to researchers ... Read more...
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Biomarker for anorexia identified
June 24th, 2009 - 2:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 24 (ANI): A brain protein called BDNF can act as a biomarker to differentiate between healthy and anorexic women, revealed a study.Anorexia is a serious and occasionally fatal eating disorder ... Read more...
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Brain protein might get you hooked on drugs, alcohol
May 29th, 2009 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 29 (IANS) A brain protein can practically hook you on to drugs and alcohol by hijacking the normal functioning of its reward circuitry.
Researchers investigating this addiction "switch" have now implicated ... Read more...
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Scientists identify brain protein key to Parkinson’s disease, drug addiction
May 5th, 2009 - 12:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 5 (ANI): Scientists at Columbia University Medical Center and the University of Rochester Medical Center have identified a protein that seems to be key to the processes that lead to ... Read more...
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Novel target for depression treatment identified
April 29th, 2009 - 2:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 29 (ANI): US researchers claim that a brain protein involved in fear behavior and anxiety may represent a new target for depression therapies.The study, by researchers at the University of ... Read more...
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Scientists create nanoparticle to fight drug addiction
March 25th, 2009 - 3:10 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 25 (ANI): Scientists at University at Buffalo (UB) have developed a nanoparticle that can silence a gene that triggers drug addiction.
Boffins in UB''s Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics ... Read more...
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Newly discovered brain protein leads to new model for Alzheimers disease
February 20th, 2009 - 6:14 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 20 (ANI): While trying to unravel the normal function of a protein implicated in Alzheimers disease (AD), scientists have discovered a naturally occurring protein that provides a new therapeutic ... Read more...
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How microscopic changes to brain cause schizophrenic behaviour in mice revealed
February 20th, 2009 - 5:54 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, February 20 (ANI): An American study has shed some light on how microscopic changes to brain cause schizophrenia.
We found several microscopic pathologies and behavioral traits that are hallmarks of ... Read more...
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Starving brain of glucose likely to trigger Alzhemier’s
December 26th, 2008 - 12:23 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 26 (IANS) If the brain is gradually starved of glucose as one ages, then it is likely to trigger a biochemical process resulting in forms of Alzheimer's disease.A new study ... Read more...
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Brain starvation as we age triggers Alzheimer’’s
December 25th, 2008 - 2:10 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 25 (ANI): Researchers from Northwestern University''s Feinberg School of Medicine have found that a slow, chronic starvation of the brain as people grow old appears to be one of ... Read more...
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Mad-Cow disease protein also aids in sense of smell
December 22nd, 2008 - 1:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, December 22 (ANI): Columbia University researchers say that the brain protein that causes human version of Mad-Cow disease, known as CreutzfeldtJakob Disease (CJD), may also be involved in aiding our ... Read more...
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Brain protein linked to Alzheimer’’s disease
September 16th, 2008 - 4:42 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 16 (ANI): Researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) may have reached a step closer to developing promising new treatments for Alzheimer''s disease, for they have found a ... Read more...
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Mechanism that switches off traumatic response to bad memories identified
July 31st, 2008 - 4:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 31 (ANI): Researchers from University of California - Irvine and the University of Muenster in Germany have identified the brain mechanism that switches off traumatic feelings associated with bad ... Read more...
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Now it’s possible to reduce trauma from bad memories
July 31st, 2008 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 31 (IANS) Researchers have identified a brain mechanism that switches off traumatic feelings and could help develop drugs to treat panic disorders. Scientists from Universities of California (UC) and Muenster ... Read more...
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Brain protein linked to anxiety and alcoholism identified
March 5th, 2008 - 4:29 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Mar 5 (ANI): A team led by an Indian researcher has discovered that a protein found in the brain is genetically linked to alcoholism and anxiety.That protein, the researchers say, can ... Read more...
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Gene that may hold Fragile X retardation syndrome cure identified
December 20th, 2007 - 1:53 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Dec 20 (ANI): A team of researchers including an India scientist have considerably reduced a wide range of abnormalities due to fragile X syndrome in mice by altering only a single ... Read more...
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Missing brain protein may be one of the culprits behind autism
December 6th, 2007 - 3:11 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Dec 6 (ANI): Researchers at Massachusetts Institute for Technology's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have found a missing protein that may be one of the culprits behind autism and other ... Read more...
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Brain protein that helps us learn and remember things identified
November 22nd, 2007 - 12:30 pm ICT by admin
Washington, November 22 (ANI): A study of rats brains at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine has revealed the protein that helps people learn and remember what they have learnt.The protein ... Read more...
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Simple blood test for Alzheimer’s prediction expected in 2 years
November 14th, 2007 - 3:01 am ICT by admin
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