News articles tagged with 'drug'
Grey matter in brain's control centre linked to ability to process reward
— 29 Nov 2011 21:40 | HealthThe more grey matter you have in the decision-making, thought-processing part of your brain, the better your ability to evaluate rewards and consequences. That may seem like an obvious…
Scientists develop brand new class of small molecules through innovative chemistry
— 20 Nov 2011 18:36 | ChemistryInspired by natural products, scientists on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have created a new class of small molecules with the potential to serve as a rich foundation…
Old drugs find new target for treating brain tumour
— 19 Nov 2011 15:50 | HealthScientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Centre, in collaboration with colleagues in Boston and South Korea, say they…
Research discovers how marijuana affects the way the brain processes emotional information
— 6 Apr 2011 18:40 | HealthDrugs like marijuana act on naturally occurring receptors in the brain called cannabinoid receptors. However, the mechanisms by which these drugs produce their sensory and mood altering…
Device drops blood pressure in patients with difficult-to-treat hypertension
— 6 Apr 2011 18:31 | HealthA device designed to treat people with resistant hypertension helped lower blood pressure by 33 points, a substantial drop that would otherwise require patients to take an additional…
Study identifies neural activity linked to food addiction
— 6 Apr 2011 16:43 | HealthPersons with an addictive-like eating behaviour appear to have greater neural activity in certain regions of the brain similar to substance dependence, including elevated activation…
HIV-1 drug resistance mutations associated with increased risk of antiretroviral treatment failure
— 6 Apr 2011 16:19 | HealthAn analysis of data from 10 studies indicates that the presence of low frequency (also called 'minority') human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) drug resistance mutations, particularly…
Scientists discover a way to kill off tumours in cancer treatment breakthrough
— 6 Apr 2011 15:34 | HealthScientists from the School of Pharmacy at Queen's University Belfast and Almac Discovery Ltd have developed a new treatment for cancer which rather than attacking tumours directly,…
Cocaine images capture motivated attention among users
— 4 Apr 2011 19:09 | HealthScientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University (SBU) have conducted the most comprehensive study to date of how cocaine users…
New strategy for stimulating neurogenesis may lead to drugs to improve cognition and mood
— 4 Apr 2011 19:06 | HealthResearchers at Columbia University Medical Centre have developed a new way to stimulate neurone production in the adult mouse brain, demonstrating that neurones acquired in the brain's…