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Scientists reveal that 'brain-like computing' at molecular level is possib
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A breakthrough discovery at University of Limerick in Ireland has revealed for the first time that unconventional brain-like computing at the tiniest scale of atoms and molecules is possible.
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Researchers find new functions for blood-brain barrier in neuron function
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 17 (ANI): Researchers have made a surprising discovery linking Delta/Notch signalling in subperineurial glia (SPG) to the regulation of nerve ensheathment and neurotransmitter release at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction (NMJ). SPG, the counterpart of the endothel
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Study: Genetic variation within and between species to affect animal menta
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 5 (ANI): Our cognitive and emotional processes depend heavily on monoamine neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine. Their evolutionary ancestors were metazoans, and while related genes' functions have remained mostly unchanged over time, genetic variation within a
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Study: Stress transmitter noradrenaline wakes your brain up many times a n
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Copenhagen (Denmark), July 15 (ANI): You might believe that uninterrupted sleep is necessary for optimal sleep. The neurotransmitter noradrenaline, however, is actually what wakes you up more than 100 times a night, according to a recent study from the University of Copenhagen. It is quite n
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Researchers discover new function performed by nearly half of the cells in
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Massachusetts [US], May 2 (ANI): According to a new study at Tufts University, researchers have discovered a previously unknown function performed by a cell type that contains almost half of all cells in the brain.
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Scientists explain why neurons consume so much energy even when at rest
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 6 (ANI): Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have recently found why the brain consumes vastly more energy than other organs, and, puzzlingly, it remains a fuel-guzzler even when its neurons are not firing signals called neurotransmitters to each other.
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Study finds insulin in brain influences dopamine levels
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], November 23 (ANI): Researchers from the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) in Tubingen have shown that in the human brain, the hormone insulin also acts on the most important neurotransmitter for the reward system, dopamine.
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Study unveils how proteins control information processing in brain
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Halle [Germany], May 9 (ANI): A complicated interaction between different proteins is needed for information to pass from one nerve cell to the next. A team of researchers now managed to study this process in the synaptic vesicles, which play an important role in this process.
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Tracking receptor proteins might reveal molecular basis of learning and me
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Nagoya [Japan], April 5 (ANI): During a recent study scientists from Japan used a novel two-step method of labelling neurotransmitter receptor proteins to track their localization efficiently.
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Consuming alcohol restructures brain causing changes in functioning, finds
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 18 (ANI): As people are already aware of the harmful effects of alcohol addiction, and the habit leading to many health problems, a new study has linked excessive alcohol consumption to the brain and its functions. A new study has found that alcohol addiction and a
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Exposure to anti-depressants during pregnancy can alter sensory processing
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 17 (ANI): A new study has revealed that exposure to anti-depressants during pregnancy and the first weeks of life can alter sensory processing well into adulthood.
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Genetic variants behind development of schizophrenia
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 17 (ANI): A new study, led by researchers at the UCL Genetics Institute finds that genetic variants which prevent a neurotransmitter receptor from working properly have been implicated in the development of schizophrenia.
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