Science news articles about 'nerve transmission'

... , Kohane and colleagues report that if saxitoxin is packaged within liposomes, it is able to block nerve transmission of pain without causing significant nerve or muscle damage. In lab experiments, ...

... neurodegenerative disease caused by glutamate toxicity. Glutamate is an amino acid that is important in nerve transmission and the synapse - the region that connects one neuron to another in the ...

... acupuncture treats pain and a variety of health disorders using fine needles to “reset” nerve transmission, Dorsher says. Needles are inserted in one or several of 361 classical acupoints to target ...

... by Pradeepa Jayawardane report that amongst individuals with organophosphate poisoning, changes in nerve transmission are seen before the development of intermediate syndrome (IMS), a complication ...

... spines – the nerve cell's receivers for transmitted signals. These results fit with a growing hypothesis that failing nerve transmission might be an early step in the pathology of Alzheimer's.

... with the birth and function of brain neurons, especially the ones that rely on dopamine for nerve transmission. "This finding is important because a better understanding of the dopamine defect in ...

... has very little in common with ATDs in other kinds of glutamate receptors involved in nerve transmission," says Furukawa. Its uniqueness makes it a potentially interesting target for future drugs. " ...