Sentences with phrase «drugs out of the brain»

The MDR1 (multi-drug resistance - 1) gene is responsible for the production of P - glycoprotein, which is normally responsible for transporting certain drugs out of the brain.

Not exact matches

«If they could figure out a way to streamline, it would be a lot better,» said Kim Janda, a professor of chemistry at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, who leads a team of researchers developing a vaccine that would prevent fentanyl overdoses by keeping the drug from reaching the brain.

Any number of drugs can affect the brain into thinking that you are «floating up out of the body».

The release of beta - endorphins and oxytocin into the brain is a docu «mented fact when people pray, sing, chant, repeat phrases, meditate etc. (It also happens when you exercise... however working out is a FAR more productive way to get your brain drugs than religion.

For another thing, all it takes is two working brain cells to find out the basics of drug prohibition pros and cons - you don't need to be a political scientist, OR an economist or sociologist.

To find out, scientists gave volunteers a single dose of amphetamine, a drug that gets the dopamine flowing, and then looked at their brains.

He is chairman of the department of anesthesiology at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey, and he points out that an anesthesiologist creates brain - dead patients every day: «We give drugs to make them die.

Richard Rogers of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center at Louisiana State University and colleagues used a drug called fluorocitrate to knock out the function of certain astrocytes and neurons in the brains of rats, blocking the sensation of hunger.

By combining super-fine electrodes and tiny amounts of a very specific drug, Duke University researchers have singled out a circuit in mouse brains and taken control of it to dial an animal's mood up and down.

By combining super-fine electrodes and tiny amounts of a very specific drug, researchers have singled out a circuit in mouse brains and taken control of it to dial an animal's mood up and down.

«If modifying cholesterol levels in the brain early in life turns out to reduce amyloid deposits late in life, we could potentially make a significant difference in reducing the prevalence of Alzheimer's, a goal of an enormous amount of research and drug development effort.»

A study out of none other than the University of Cambridge found the same engagement of several brain areas — all involved in reward and motivation — in people with compulsive sexual behavior as previously found in people struggling with drug addiction.

He added that the existence of episodic memory in lower animals has implications for research on human diseases that affect memory, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases, since the majority of research on the brain — and the drugs used to treat memory diseases and dementia — start out based on insights into how the brain works in rats.

«Perhaps giving a person the right dose, at just the right time, of a drug with just the right pharmacokinetic properties so its effect will wear off at the right time would work a lot better than bombarding the brain with benzodiazepines, such as Valium, that knock out the entire brain.»

Ishmael said even if coibamide A itself can not enter the brain or turns out to have adverse side effects, knowing its structure and mechanism of action can help researchers develop new drugs that mimic coibamide A's effects.

This nearly impenetrable lining in the capillaries of the brain keeps out viruses and other bad guys, but it also denies entry to many potential drugs and other treatments.

Researchers at University of Florida Health have discovered the mechanics of how dopamine transports into and out of brain cells, a finding that could someday lead to more effective treatment of drug addictions and neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease.

The research was carried out at Tel Aviv University and the University of California - San Francisco and will continue, with a focus on obtaining a better understanding of the brain and the biological mechanisms that underlie memory processes that cause vulnerability to alcoholism — and perhaps drug use — in some individuals.

Circumventing this barrier — specifically designed to keep substances out of the brain — is a crucial step for the delivery of drugs to the central nervous system (CNS).

To find out whether an oral form of minoxidil can remodel the vessel's wall to reduce blood vessel stiffness and enhance blood flow to the brain, researchers studied the drug's effects in mice.

In two separate grants from the White House's BRAIN Initiative, Bruchas and his colleagues at the University of Illinois and University of California - San Diego hope that by doing this they can find out which parts of the brain should be targeted for new drugs, and whether light could play a role in treatments for conditions like anxiety, depression, or chronic BRAIN Initiative, Bruchas and his colleagues at the University of Illinois and University of California - San Diego hope that by doing this they can find out which parts of the brain should be targeted for new drugs, and whether light could play a role in treatments for conditions like anxiety, depression, or chronic brain should be targeted for new drugs, and whether light could play a role in treatments for conditions like anxiety, depression, or chronic pain.

Delivering drugs to the brain is complicated because the three - pound organ is shielded by a complex network of blood vessels, called the blood - brain barrier, that keeps out foreign substances.

1992 - 7 — We carry out the first clinical trials of temozolomide, showing how this drug could help some patients with brain tumours.

The drug - treated mice also exhibited deficits in prepulse inhibition, a form of startle plasticity thought to measure the brain's ability to filter out intrusive thoughts, which plague OCD patients.

As Dr. Hyman notes, «the real question that manipulating brain chemicals with drugs begs is never asked... Why are those chemicals out of balance in the first place and how do we get them back to their natural state of balance?»

Although the focus of the review is drug - based interventions for finding solutions to food addictions, the mechanisms of food addiction is nicely spelled out: neurotransmitter or brain chemical imbalances.

Developed in the 1920's to improve brain function in epileptic children, it fell out of popularity when anticonvulsant drugs hit the market.

Sweet foods are rewarding, stimulating the brain's reward pathways and, via learning and conditioning mechanisms, increasing the likelihood of seeking out more sugar, just like the incentive that draws people to drugs like alcohol, nicotine and cocaine.

«Lucy» is ordinary as a gangster story, exceptional in its special effects, but ultimately serving no realistic point since a drug that increases our brain power — such a chemical may indeed be in our future — may give us 4.0 averages in college but will not likely be able to talk the bullets out of a gun.

Though the drug culture spoof included inspired moments of Kids lunacy, particularly Thompson's spectacular «coming out» musical number, Brain Candy failed at the box office and the Kids disbanded.

Cut to Jang's luxury suite, where Lucy is forced to reveal the possibly dangerous contents, which turn out to be bags of a synthetic drug capable of boosting brain function.

As Jack flips between worlds, the sickening draw of Marbury becomes like a drug, hollowing him out as an inner voice screams: «Freddie Horvath did something to your brain and you better get help, Jack.»

This gene encodes a protein, P - glycoprotein that is responsible for pumping many drugs and other toxins out of the brain.

The problem for some dogs and Ivermectin (and many other drugs for that matter) is that some dogs have a gene mutation that doesn't allow for the proper absorption of these chemicals in and out of the brain.

(since the drug affects your memory prior to taking it) If I hadn't been SO shaken and trying to rack my brains to figure out what happened instead of just reporting it when the drugs might had system but I felt I lost TOO much vital time AND was too ashamed and afraid that I somehow had done something to deserve it to report it.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • Successfully rehabilitated a patient who was suffering from altered brain activity due to drug abuse • Implemented a core mental health plan, which successfully treated a family suffering from mass hysteria • Intervened in a crises situation involving a 10 year old child threatening to jump off a third floor apartment and managed to talk him out of it • Formulated a system which dynamically measured the effectiveness of each mental health treatment plan and provided suggestions for improvement