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Research reveals secrets of alcohol's effect on brain cells Alcohol triggers the activation of a variety of genes that can influence the health and activity of brain cells, and new research from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City sheds light on how that process occurs.
Neuroscience Source: EurekAlert
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Neuroscience Source: EurekAlert
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Methylating the Mind All brain cells are the same, genetically speaking. Yet somehow they play vastly different roles, some directing movement, others participating in language or thought. Now, a study finds that a chemical known to turn genes on and off may be partially responsible for this division of labor.
Neuroscience Source: Science
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Flies' Evasive Move Traced To Sensory Neurons When fruit fly larvae are poked or prodded, they fold themselves up and corkscrew their bodies around, a behavior that appears to be the young insects' equivalent of a "judo move," say researchers. They now trace that rolling behavior to neurons resembling those that sense pain.
Neuroscience Source: Science Daily
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Thursday, Dec 06, 2007, 8:47am Rating: | Views: 1314 | Comments: 0
Best Treatment Option for Mental Disorders May Come Down to Genes Alterations in the genetic coding for a nerve cell receptor, which detects a chemical signal that is key to behavioral change, could point the way to designing therapies most effective for patients suffering from schizophrenia, drug addiction and other mental illnesses.
Neuroscience Source: SciAM
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Neuroscience Source: ABC News
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Modified mice get no kick from cocaine Some mice have simple tastes. Those that lack a particular brain receptor for dopamine show no taste for cocaine, which mice and humans usually find addictive.
Neuroscience Source: New Scientist
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Neuroscience Source: Chicago Tribune
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Living with Alzheimer's: 'I'm Still Me' When Charles Jackson was 13, he learned that his mother's side of the family has a particular gene that can cause early-onset Alzheimer's. Now Jackson is coming to terms with how the disease will affect him -- and his family.
Neuroscience Source: NPR
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