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...given people an immense,powerful tool to study the regulation of blood pressure and to understand thismultisystem process that maintains our blood." In a 1994 article in Nature, Bernstein described the unique messagingpathway used by the AT1 receptor to send messages from the cell surface to thecell n...Depressed patients show an altered stress hormone regulation andpsychopathological symptoms. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute ofPsychiatry in Munich, Germany, and the GSF Research Centre, Institute forMammalian Genetics in Neuherberg generated a stress hormone receptor-deficientmouse exhibiting a blunte......ust be improved surveillance of resistance, better regulation of antimicrobial drugs to increase their usefulness, and better education of medical personnel, veterinarians and the public to encourage more appropriate use of these drugs. The authors also suggest that improving laboratory infrastructure would be...Some CFS Patients Benefit From Low-Dose Steroid, But Side Effects Too Risky
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... -- range from body temperature and blood pressure regulation tointellectual performance, sleep and wakefulness. A report on the findings appears in the Nov. 20 issue of Science.Besides Sancar, authors are Randy J. Thresher, Yasuhide Miyamoto, AlekseyKazantsev, David S. Hsu, Claude Petit, Christopher P....... identified a non-classical,estrogen-mediated gene regulation pathway that plays a fundamental role inregulating...ses to advance the Company's estrogen-mediatedgene regulation program, including the preclinical development of novel classesof anti-resorptive SERM drugs for the...New Theory May Explain Ritalin Action In Hyperactivity
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... those implicated incell death. Alternatively, the regulation of the expression of the protein canbe altered. The expression (conversion of information from the gene into afunctional protein) of every gene is tightly regulated and varies depending onmany factors, such as the developmental stage of a particular ...Abstemious mice offer hint at molecular target for treating alcoholism
...inding offers an important insight intothe complex regulation of the key receptor for signals of gratification,relaxation and sedation in the central nervous system. Scientists have knownfor some time that alcohol and benzodiazepines act by enhancing the effect ofthe GABA neurotransmitter on its receptor and t...