Neurotransmitter-Induced Electrical Activity Identified As Key Regulator Of Synaptogenesis
...aptic effectors causes the aggregation of gephyrin beneath the activated plasmamembrane. The aggregates of this peripheral membrane protein then act as a diffusion trap for additional glycine receptor polypeptides. This passive mechanism concentrates the receptors at th...Unsticking The "Glue" In Blood Cells Could Save Lives
...p equipment that simulates the flow of human blood beneath a microscope. A videocameraattached to the microsc...nstead of simply looking at cells thatremain still beneath amicroscope, he studies them as they flow through tubes. "The focus of all of this research is ...USC Historian Sifts World's Oldest Printed Medical Books For Clues To Riddle Of Gender
...ed detail. In reading Furth's work, one finds that beneath the vast differences in theoryand the great differences between the development of European and Chinesecivilizations, there was a surprising similarity in the social practice ofmedicine on opposite sides of Eurasia in the 15th and 16th centuries. Med...New outpatient surgery is helping women with stress incontinence
...effective vaginalprocedure is placement of a sling beneath and around the bladder neck. The slingsupports the weak sphincter muscle, helping it stay closed during coughing orstraining. The sling can be made of a patient's own connective tissue, cadaver tissue orsynthetic material. But until now, slings have ......tuitary gland, about the size of a pea and located beneath the brain andbehind the nose, produces a variety of hormones and controls most of thehormones in the body. It is situated in a cup-like area of the skull called thesella turcica, behind and above the sphenoid bone. To remove tumors of the pituitary,...Allergy-producing cells are also 'do-gooders,' helping stave off infections
... The much maligned mast cells lie just beneath the surface of virtuallyall body tissues that have contact with the outside world: the skin, gut, nasalpassages, lung and urinary tract. For years mast cells seemed only to be a sortof cry-wolf cell that overreact to the inhalation of substances as b...90 high schools will participate in UNC-CH head injury study
...e foot on a device called a balance box that moves beneath them. During testing, the goal is to keeptheir bodies and the box as motionless as possible." All athletes on three of each school's teams will be tested before their season begins and thenagain immediately after suffering a concussion during any pr...'Stomach pacemaker' in use at Temple
... to the implantable neurostimulator that is placed beneath the skin, usually positioned below the rib cage and above the belt line in the abdomen. The pacemaker then emits 12 mild electrical pulses a minute to stimulate the stomach. "Results of a clinical trial show that a majority of patients treated with...Duke sports medicine helps keep Cincinnati Reds healthy
... motion fell outside that range. For those falling beneath the range, Huff prescribed exercises that would increase a player's flexibility, while those above the range would typically be given a series of exercises designed to increase stability and strength. While the researchers assumed that injuries woul...Landmark study results published in NEJM highlight breakthrough treatment for heart failure
...includes a small pulse generator that is implanted beneath the skin in the shoulder region. To monitor the heart and provide the necessary electrical stimulation for heart resynchronisation, three thin insulated wires, called leads, extend from the InSync device to the heart. One lead is placed to touch the ...Cervical tissue changes may explain false negative pap smears
...he abnormal epithelial cells anchored to the cells beneath them. Researchers theorize that this bond keeps these telltale aberrant cells from being collected during testing. "I am convinced that the findings of this study are extremely important in understanding the biology of the false negative Pap smear,"......the face, say, the forehead, will impact the shape beneath the eyes, for instance. The wavelet functions can handle every different feature to any degree of accuracy, said Krantz. It is a geometry designed for each reconstructive surgery problem, allowing the surgeon to model a face by breaking the diffe...Ouch! The receptors mediating acidic pain sensation
...ain. These pain sensors or nociceptors often lie beneath the skin and detect and signal the presence of tissue-damaging stimuli or the existence of tissue damage. One particular nociceptor, vanilloid receptor-1 (VR1), relays sensory messages to the brain in response to thermal and painful chemical stimuli ...By repairing vessels, bone marrow cells slow atherosclerosis in mice
..., while others turned into the smooth muscle cells beneath the endothelium that help move blood through the arteries." To further prove that the donor stem cells were responsible for rejuvenating arteries, the scientists measured the lengths of structures at the end of chromosomes known as telomeres of the e...Emory scientists present alternative for surgical biventricular resynchronization
... size of two stacked silver dollars) is implanted beneath the skin in the shoulder region and delivers synchronized electrical stimulation to three chambers of the heart through insulated wires (leads), allowing more efficient pumping of blood throughout the body. The result for many patients is a dramati......nd using different wavelength to vaporize cavities beneath the tooth surface. Laser Facts "Laser" is an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. A laser is an intense beam of monochromatic light used to do everything from "reading" compact discs to performing surgical oper...NYU School of Medicine attracts a powerful MRI machine
...agnets, we can find all these other signals buried beneath the water signal that are really interesting to look at, and these signals also are more distinct because they no longer overlap." Molecular Imaging The ability to tune into these other signals is expanding the applications of MRI, and causing a lo...In lab studies, blocking expression of gene reduces invasion of deadly brain tumor cells
... influences the thin "basement membrane" that lies beneath the surface layer of blood vessels. One of the alpha-4 chain-containing laminin isoforms, laminin-9, was expressed mainly in the blood vessel walls of low-grade tumors and normal brain. Laminin-8 was expressed primarily in the vessel walls of the hi...Surgeons offer new treatment for degenerative eye disease
...d vessels and scar tissue begin to grow abnormally beneath the retina, leading to permanent damage of the macula. The macula is located at the center of the retina, the light-sensitive tissue lining the back of the eye. The retina converts light, or images, into nerve impulses that are carried to the brain v...Surgically placed 'sling' reduces signs of aging in the neck
..., plastic "sling" surgically placed under the skin beneath the skin and jaws helps reduce the saggy appearance of the neck that results from aging, according to an article in the November/December issue of The Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. According to the article, ag...