Submissions tagged with brain
(3 documents)
Human microglial cells synthesize albumin in brain
Albumin has been implicated in Alzheimer’s disease since it can bind to and transport amyloid beta, the causative agent; albumin is also a potent inhibitor of amyloid beta polymerization. In ...
Received 01 March 2008 09:03 GMT; Posted 04 March 2008
Posted to: Neuroscience
A new dynamic property of human consciousness
As pointed out by William James, “the consciousness is a dynamic process, not a thing” , during which short term integration is succeeded by another differentiated neural state through ...
Received 20 October 2007 15:29 GMT; Posted 24 October 2007
Posted to: Neuroscience
Review: Dystroglycan in the Nervous System
Dystroglycan is part of a large complex of proteins, the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex, which has been implicated in the pathogenesis of muscular dystrophies for a long time. Besides muscular de...
Received 23 June 2007 03:40 GMT; Posted 26 June 2007
Posted to: Neuroscience