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Stories about: neurotransmitter

Why Do We Forget? If you have just forgotten what you ate in the morning or whom you have met, you should put the blame on proteins. Scientists say short-term memories are made of modifying proteins, while long-term memories are built by new proteins. Thus, chemicals impeding brain cells from processing proteins could inhibit the form... 18 July 2007 04:46 GMT New Smart Painkillers Many painkillers have undesirable side effects, because they don't have the ability to target just the damaged areas. That's why researchers are trying to find a painkiller that would work just on the injured tissue, leaving the rest of the body unaffected. A new class of painkillers speculates the pH diffe... 31 May 2007 06:42 GMT Yoga Treats Depression Are Yoga practitioners really happier than most people are?Science says they do. A team at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and McLean Hospital has discovered that practicing yoga could boost brain gamma-aminobutyric (GABA) levels, the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter chemical. The this case, yoga could... 24 May 2007 17:06 GMT