Sex-Specific Behavior Controlled By Peripheral Nervous System
...stituteof Technology have found that properties of sensory neurons in invertebrate animallimbs, rather than a...es. "Experimental work that can manipulate sensory systems in this way areextraordinarily rare, and this ability results in an unprecedented opportunit...Fetal Surgery For Spina Bifida Still Under Investigation At VUMC
...picallyhave lower extremity weakness or paralysis, sensory loss, dysfunction of urinaryor bowel functions, and are prone to develop hydrocephalus, or the increase ofspinal fluid in the brain. About 95 percent of babies born with spina bifida require a drainage shuntplaced in the brain to help remove excess f...Leibniz Prize Winners 1999 - Most Highly Endowed German Promotional Prize For Ten Scientists
...derstanding of many processes such as vision,other sensory processes and numerous hormonal effects. In honour of thesignificance of his work Martin Johannes Lohse received numerous awards; he isthe project director of various European working programmes and also a reviewerfor the most renowned learned journa...UCSD And NIH Researchers Isolate Candidates For Genetic Basis Of Human Taste
...entity of the receptor molecules for the different sensory modalities,like vision, olfaction and taste, repre...aste receptors resemble the receptors that mediate sensory processes such asvision and olfaction. This work has opened new vistas in taste research." The sense...Knockout Mouse Reveals Genetic Mechanism In Defective Mammalian Ear Development
...the proper development of inner ear "haircells" -- sensory cells that are critical for normal hearing in mamm... identical mechanisms to control thedevelopment of sensory cells operate in both mammals and in lower organisms,such as the fruit fly," said Dr. Gridley. "Such......rvival, axonal outgrowth and target innervation of sensory neurons dependson factors secreted by their enviro...the fact that in theabsence of Neurotrophin-3 most sensory neurons are lost before they can reachtheir target tissues. Ardem Patapoutian in Louis Reichardt's ...University Of Pittsburgh Involved In First Successful Example Of Gene Therapy For Pain Control
...us to the paws ofmice, where it naturally infected sensory neurons, including those that respondto noxious stimuli such as heat. "These results are quite exciting, because we don't interfere with an animal?sability to detect a noxious stimulant and react to danger," said Dr. Wilson. "Only when sensitivities ......andmolecular pharmacology at UCSF. "It is found on sensory nerves as the capsaicinreceptor is, but we also fo...ay also respond to temperature whenassociated with sensory nerves. "This receptor is in too many places in the body for us to really take a goodguess right no......se, comparable to a jet engine,reduced the loss of sensory hair cells by 60 percent. Hair cells convert sou...ut to determine if leupeptin also couldprotect the sensory hair cells in the ear from noise and ototoxic drugs such ascarboplatin -- knowing that such insults ...Researchers Find Unexpected Feature In Plankton Nervous System
...hich nerve signals must travel long distances from sensory cells to brain andbrain to muscles, and scientists..., particularly how anatomy and structure relate to sensory perceptionand reaction. The copepods that have myelin surrounding their axons exhibitconsistently an...Researchers Identify Molecule That May Be Key In Pheromone Processing
...hat fruit flies use to detectlight. Therefore the sensory modality - whether chemicals or light waves are to...ected - doesn't seem to matter in the evolution of sensory receptorneurons and their signalling pathways." In addition, the authors note, the human form of th...Gene therapy could treat diabetic incontinence, suggest early studies at University of Pittsburgh
...ses a number of complications, including damage to sensory nervesthat supply various tissues. Lacking sensory nerve input to the bladder,someone with diabetes cannot sense when it's time to urinate. As a resul...Damaged spinal cord found to have greater potential for nerve regrowth than thought possible
...nd colleagues at CWRU report thatthey transplanted sensory nerve cells from adult, green fluorescent mice int...s. The spinal cord, specifically the dorsal column sensory pathways, had been cut with a knife. The adult nerve cells, which carrytheir own fluorescent marker,......eof college student testers, researchers report on sensory and chemical testsconducted to determine how use of different fats and milk fat substitutes inchocolate ice cream affected the taste of chocolate ice cream. (See page 66,AGFD 97, 11 a.m., Wednesday, August 25, Convention Center, Room 210.)...Gene protects tubby mouse strain from hearing loss
... TULP1, TULP2, and TULP3. Thesemutated genes cause sensory defects in mice similar to retinitis pigmentosa an...ub mutation, which is known toinduce cell death in sensory neurons. Because a single moth1 allele from thegenetically unrelated strains is able to protect C57B...Mercury can jump barrier that keeps toxins out of brain
...ter can enterthe nerves that connect water-exposed sensory receptors (for odor, taste,vibration and touch) to...ablished thatmercury can enter fish brains through sensory receptors and their connectednerves. Mercury's toxic effects on fish and human brains are well estab...Roundworms provide clues to human kidney disease
...a hermaphrodite, he places his tail, whichcontains sensory structures, flush with the hermaphrodite's body an...normally. Theresearchers also found that only male sensory neurons vital to vulva locationcontained the protein encoded by lov-1 , further verifying the prote...Scientists uncover possible cause of colitis
...emicals, a peptide called substance P, released by sensory nerves inthe intestines and known to be involved in other inflammations. The scientists had earlier determined that bowel inflammation restrictsproduction of an enzyme that would otherwise break down substance P. In thecurrent study, they found that......ing damage to nerves that areimportant in relaying sensory signals from body parts like the skin, muscles andinternal organs to the central nervous system. As a result, parts of the bodymay function inappropriately or not at all. Diseases such as diabetes orrheumatoid arthritis can cause peripheral neuropa...Cerebral cortex cells may pulse electrical rhythm through the brain
...be more directly involved in the processing of sensory information, he said. Connors and colleagues study epilepsy, an illness often controlled by drugs that steady the brain's chemical signals to keep cellular networks in balance. Discovery of electrical interconnections among cells in the ...