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NEWS ABOUT: neurotransmitter

neurotransmitter stories: 4 news summaries
chemical revisited

Dopamine: Produces the Rush, Not the Pleasure

The "it" neurotransmitter stimulates drive, not good feeling

Oct 27, 09 10:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dopamine has become the decade’s “it” neurotransmitter, just as serotonin was in the ‘90s. But the popular image of dopamine as the brain chemical in charge of making us feel good, and hooking us on craving that feeling, a “Bacchus in the brain,” is misleading... More »

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dopamine • neurotransmitter • neurology • neurobiology • scientific research

 Docs Track Autism 
 to Brain's Fever Center 

Batch of neurons may be key to treatment

Apr 7, 09 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mulling over the evidence that the symptoms of autistic children recede during a fever—long reported by parents and confirmed by a study 2 years ago—two New York doctors had a “eureka moment,” seeing that link as a clue to treating the condition, Time reports. The same... More »

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autism • brain • medical treatment • fever • neurotransmitter • neurons

GLOSSIES

 Eat Your Way Out 
 of Addiction: Experts 

Foods that help make neurotransmitters may assist treatment

Oct 17, 08 8:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Good grub may be enough to rewire an addict's brain. The trick is to serve up meals that revive pleasure-inducing neurotransmitters disrupted by addiction, neuroscientists say. Foods as simple as steak, milk, and nuts can boost the brain's production of serotonin or glutamine, both of which help addicts recover. But... More »

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drug addiction • gambling addiction • diet • addiction • neurotransmitter • biochemistry

Scientists Find Switch to Turn On Brain Cells

Breakthrough could treat mental disorders

Aug 14, 07 3:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Neuroscientists are experimenting with switching targeted groups of brain cells on and off using remote-controlled lasers, promising hope for treatment of mental disorders, reports the New York Times. The technique, using cells altered with a photo-sensitive protein called channelrhodopsin-2, could one day be used to treat a host of problems... More »

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Duke University • depression • autism • MIT • brain • channelrhodopsin 2 • Emory University • neurotransmitter • halorhodopsin • neurology

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