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Sodium key to opioid brain signalling

hjqbcptqcm.d hjqbcptqcm.d | Added: 17 Feb 2014

A high-resolution 3-D view of an opioid receptor’s atomic structure has resolved the 40-year myster…

Unlocking the structure of elusive stress receptor

hjqbcptqcm.d hjqbcptqcm.d | Added: 18 Jul 2013

A spin-out pharmaceutical company has visualised for the first time a complicated protein receptor …

Fibre-optic pen aids understanding of dyslexia

hjqbcptqcm.d hjqbcptqcm.d | Added: 21 Jun 2013

A fibre-optic pen developed at the University of Washington will help scientists to see inside the …

Neutrons reveal potential dangers of pharma’s golden bullet

hjqbcptqcm.d hjqbcptqcm.d | Added: 17 Jun 2013

Gold nanoparticles are projected to be the ‘magic bullet’ of drug delivery, but scientists working …

Sensing an invisible hand

hjqbcptqcm.d hjqbcptqcm.d | Added: 6 May 2013

The ability to recognise your own body is more complicated than you think, suggest Swedish scientis…

Brain preservation technique could lead to unreliable autopsies

hjqbcptqcm.d hjqbcptqcm.d | Added: 10 Apr 2013

For the first time, scientists have conducted neutron scattering  experiments on brain tissue. They…

How a brain cell can change its mind

hjqbcptqcm.d hjqbcptqcm.d | Added: 13 Mar 2013

Harvard stem cell biologists have turned one type of already differentiated neurons into another wi…

Rats ‘touch’ infrared light

hjqbcptqcm.d hjqbcptqcm.d | Added: 8 Mar 2013

Neuroscience

Laboratory rats were given the ability to “touch” infrared light by Duke University res…

Artificial brain mimics human abilities and flaws

hjqbcptqcm.d hjqbcptqcm.d | Added: 2 Jan 2013

Canadian scientists have created the world’s largest functioning brain model which produces complex…

Promising nanotechnology for nerve research

hjqbcptqcm.d hjqbcptqcm.d | Added: 26 Dec 2012

University of Michigan researchers report success in developing polymer nanofiber technologies for …

Memories of a sleeping brain

hjqbcptqcm.d hjqbcptqcm.d | Added: 5 Nov 2012

Researchers have discovered that a region of the brain – involved in learning, memory and Alzheimer…

Fear skews spatial perception

hjqbcptqcm.d hjqbcptqcm.d | Added: 25 Oct 2012

Fear can skew our spatial perception of approaching objects, suggests a study published in Current …