Neurotransmitters signal aggressive cancer, offer potential for early diagnosis
Nerves talk to each other using chemicals called neurotransmitters. One of those "communication chemicals," aptly named GABA (gamma amino butyric acid), shows up in unusually high amounts in some aggressive tumors, according to a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The researchers investigated metastatic neuroendocrine tumors, which include aggressive type...Study shows enzyme builds neurotransmitters via newly discovered pathway
The study, which was directed by Scripps Research Professor Benjamin Cravatt, Ph.D., is being published in the September 8 issue of The Journal of Biological Chemistry. The new study describes a pathway-different than the one previously suggested-for the biosynthesis of neurotransmitter lipids, N-acyl ethanolamines (NAEs), which include the endogenous cannabinoid ("endocannabinoid") ananda...Low levels of neurotransmitter serotonin may perpetuate child abuse across generations
Infant abuse may be perpetuated between generations by changes in the brain induced by early experience, research shows at the University of Chicago shows. A research team found that when baby rhesus monkeys endured high rates of maternal rejection and mild abuse in their first month of life, their brains often produced less serotonin, a chemical that transmits impulses in the brain. Low...Estrogen also a potential neurotransmitter
According to a Johns Hopkins University behavioral neuroscientist evidence is mounting that estrogen, should also be thought of as a neurotransmitter when acting in the brain. // The study was funded by the National institute of mental health. In the same direction is an article by Gregory Ball, professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences in the university's Krieger S...$1.5 Million Grant to Yale for Narcolepsy-Neurotransmitter Study
Yale School of Medicine researchers have received a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study neurons// that play a major role in narcolepsy. Narcolepsy is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by daytime sleepiness. The NIH grant will further Yale research into narcolepsy and other disorders linked to neurons that produce the peptide hypocretin. <b...Neurotransmitter That can Yield New Insights in the Fight Against Diabetes Identified
Neuroscientists at the University of Southern California have identified a chemical that can carry the electrical signal that alerts the brain to low blood sugar levels . The key to the new finding, which is expected to yield new insights in the fight against diabetes, is the neurotransmitter norepinephrine. According to the researchers, the chemical travels from the...HeartView12-Lead ECG Recorder/Transmitter
Description:For General Practitioners (GP'S) or nurses to transmit patient's ECGs by phone to a cardiac diagnostic center. Simultaneously records 2.5 seconds per lead and 10 seconds of lead II as rhythm lead. Sequentially transmits 12 lead ECG separated by 1mV calibration signal via telephone....