Neurotransmitters
A neurotransmitter is any chemical substance (the first recognized was ACETYLCHOLINE) that NEURONS (nerve cells) secrete to communicate with their target cells (glands, muscles, and ...
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Neurotransmitters
Neurotransmitters are chemicals released in minute amounts from the terminals of nerve cells in response to the arrival of an action potential. There are now more than 300 known neur...
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Neurotransmitters
Neurotransmitters are special chemicals which help to pass nerve impulses on from one neuron to another. When a nerve impulse runs down the axon of a neuron, ultimately it arrives at...
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Neurotransmitter
Neurotransmitters are chemical substances that transmit information between nerve cells, neurons, and between neurons and effectors, muscles or glands. The transmission occurs across ...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An antidepressant may help
worms live longer by tricking the brain into thinking the body
is starving, U.S. researchers reported Wednesday. The drug, called mianserin, exten...
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Hamburg, Germany (dpa) - People who are stubborn and never seem to
learn from their mistakes may have a mutated gene that makes them
bull-headed, according to scientists in ...
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LONDON, Jan 2 (Reuters) - A glitch in the way cells clear
damaged proteins could be the trigger for the symptoms of
Parkinson's disease, researchers said in a finding that could
lead to new treatm...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People who just can't stop
eating may be able to blame their genes, at least in part, U.S.
researchers said Monday. They said up to 50 percent of the population carries a ge...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nicotine may help ease some
of the debilitating and uncontrollable tremors and twitches
caused by Parkinson's disease and its treatment, researchers
said Wednesday. Monkeys ...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Over-the-counter painkillers
such as aspirin and ibuprofen can reduce the risk of
Parkinson's disease, U.S. researchers reported Monday. They found that regular users of suc...
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WHY YOU NEED EGGS
The AMINO ACIDS in eggs are converted into muscle, skin, col- lagen, and other body tissue more efficiently than the proteins from any other food you can eat (or drink).
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In a small study with big implications, researchers found some of the strongest evidence yet that sudden infant death syndrome _ a medical and sometimes legal mystery once known as crib d...
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Using marijuana seems to increase the chance of becoming psychotic, researchers report in an analysis of past research that reignites the issue of whether pot is dangerous.The new review suggests t...
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