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New research identifies neurons that drive and quench salt cravings in mou
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 1 (ANI): People who like salty foods take note! New research has identified neurons that drive and quench salt cravings in the mouse brain. The findings are an entry point into regulating sodium cravings in humans.
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Nicotine addiction while pregnant alters genes: Study
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 7 (ANI): The Akay Lab biomedical research team at the University of Houston has reported in the journal Nature Scientific Reports that a possible cure for addiction may be found by following the pathways of significantly altered dopamine neurons in newborns who wer
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Specific gene variants may raise bipolar disorder risk
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 09 (ANI): A new research conducted at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT finds that the protein CPG2 is significantly less abundant in the brains of people with bipolar disorder (BD). The study further finds how specific mutations in the SYNE1 gen
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How the brain cells 'talk'
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Sep 3(ANI): In a new technique, scientists have developed a way to see brain cells talk - to actually see neurons communicate in bright, vivid colour.
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Human brains work in silent gaps created between neuron spikes
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Augusta, (Georgia) [USA] June 18 (ANI): The human brain works on comparative silence that is created between every neuron spikes, according to a recent study,
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Old drug, new usage!
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], May 18 (ANI): An old drug has provided promising new avenues for the treatment of certain nervous system diseases, a new research has claimed.
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Reasons of shift from deep sleep to lighter one
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Apr 26 (ANI): Turns out, there is a logical reason behind the sudden shift to light sleep from a deep sleep over the course of a night.
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Intense exercise may cause motor neurone disease
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 24 (ANI): Vigorous physical activity could heighten the risk of developing motor neurone disease - also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - suggests a study.
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Ways to fence the progress of Neurodegenerative diseases
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Pennsylvania [United States], Apr. 01 (ANI): The Neurodegenerative disease is an umbrella term for a range of conditions which primarily affect the neurons which are the building blocks of the nervous system. Neurons normally don't reproduce or replace themselves, so when they become damage
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Improving the Alzheimer's brain with cell therapy
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Mar 16 (ANI): Transplanting a special type of neuron into the brains of patients diagnosed with Alzheimers could help reverse their memory loss, according to a recent study.
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President Kovind, PM Modi condole Professor Hawking's death
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 14 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed grief over the death of eminent British theoretical physicist Professor Stephen Hawking who died at the age of 76.
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Eminent British physicist Stephen Hawking passes away
Updated : 8 years ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Mar 14 (ANI): Prominent British theoretical physicist Professor Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76, a family spokesperson said in a statement on Wednesday.
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