Submissions tagged with physiology
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Chronic cocaine enhances release of neuroprotective amino acid taurine: a microdialysis study
Cocaine inhibits high-affinity neurotransmitter uptake at the presynaptic nerve terminals to increase synaptic levels of dopamine, norepinephrine and serotonin1. This increase of synaptic dopamine ...
Received 22 September 2008 19:36 GMT; Posted 24 September 2008
Posted to: Neuroscience, Pharmacology
Physiological Mechanisms Underlying Motion-Induced Blindness
Visual disappearance illusions – such as motion-induced blindness (MIB) – are commonly used to study the neural underpinnings of visual perception. In such illusions a salient visual ta...
Received 09 January 2008 19:37 GMT; Posted 09 January 2008
Posted to: Neuroscience