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Study reveals adult brain contains millions of silent synapses
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The adult brain contains millions of "silent synapses," which are immature connections between neurons that remain inactive until they are recruited to help form new memories, according to MIT neuroscientists.
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Is oxytocin the new "love hormone"? Find out here
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Removing the Oxytocin Receptor Does Not Interfere with Monogamy or Giving Birth. Turning a decades-old dogma on its head, new research from scientists at UC San Francisco and Stanford Medicine shows that the receptor for oxytocin, a hormone considered essential to forming social bonds, may n
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Researchers find neurons that learn to smell a threat
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
We use our sense of smell to determine whether a new environment is safe or dangerous, whether we are aware of it or not. In fact, much of the animal kingdom relies on this ability for survival and reproduction.
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Sun Pharma launches novel drug Palbociclib for treatment of advanced breas
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to Sun Pharma, Palbociclib is approved by the US Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), European Medicines Agency (EMA) and Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) in combination with hormonal therapies for patients with hormone receptor-positive, human epidermal growth f
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Researchers find ketamine can increase brain noise
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
An international team of researchers has found that ketamine, being an NMDA receptor inhibitor, increases the brain's background noise, causing higher entropy of incoming sensory signals and disrupting their transmission between the thalamus and the cortex.
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Researchers reveal how receptors treat chronic gut pain
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers have now discovered that a receptor involved in our sensation of touch and warmth is present in our colon, opening up a potential therapeutic target for the management of chronic pain brought on by gastrointestinal conditions like irritable bowel syndrome.
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Researchers reveal how inflammation is regulated
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The regulation of inflammation has been better understood thanks to research from Trinity College Dublin scientists. Recent research has revealed that a crucial immunological alarm protein that was previously thought to slow down the immune response really has the opposite effect.
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'Heart failure is no longer Life failure' as JB Pharma decreases price of
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 5 (ANI/PRNewswire): JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd (JB Pharma), one of the fastest-growing pharmaceutical companies in India, announced a substantial price decrease of approximately 50 per cent for the critical heart failure drug 'Azmarda'. Azm
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Anifrolumab has shown long-term efficiency in lupus patients: Study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Type I interferon (IFN) is a strong immune activator found in high concentrations in the majority of patients with lupus, an autoimmune disease. In Arthritis & Rheumatology, researchers report positive results from the first placebo-controlled long-term trial of anifrolumab, a human mon
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Study discover how breast cancer cells lose their ER expression
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Texas [US], October 22 (ANI): Study revealed that one-fourth of recurrent oestrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancers lack ER expression, they are resistant to endocrine treatment and can grow uncontrollably.
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Molecular structure of important receptors in immune system unravelled: Re
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 20 (ANI): Researchers publish the three-dimensional structure of the B cell antigen receptor, shedding new light on its composition.
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Pain relief without side effects and addiction, better than opiates: Study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 20 (ANI): New substances that activate adrenalin receptors instead of opioid receptors have a similar pain-relieving effect to opiates, but without the negative aspects such as respiratory depression and addiction. New findings are a milestone in the development of n
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