Sweet Taste Receptor T1R2/T1R3 in Chimpanzees and Humans

☝️ The difference in sweet taste between humans and chimpanzees could be associated with variation in the sequence and structure of their sweet taste receptors

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Check out our latest findings on the enduring effects of adolescent Prozac exposure on the brain!
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More Teens Are Taking Antidepressants. It Could Disrupt Their Sex Lives for Years.

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Antidepressant Use in Teens Contributes to Increased Pain Sensitivity in Adulthood

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Antidepressant use in teens contributes to increased pain sensitivity in adulthood As scientists seek to understand the long-term effects of antidepressants given to teens, a new study from The University of Texas at El Paso finds that the use of antidepressants, particularly Prozac...

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Common antidepressant may increase pain sensitivity later in life if taken during adolescence A new animal study shows that adolescent use of fluoxetine, a commonly prescribed antidepressant, may have long-lasting effects on how the brain processes pain. Female mice exposed to the drug display...

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Turns out, two of pain’s most famous messengers — Substance P and CGRPα — might not be so essential after all. Mice missing both still felt pain just fine, challenging decades of assumptions about how pain signals travel.
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Prozac exposure during adolescence increases heat pain sensitivity in adulthood Psychotropic medication prescription rates, particularly of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor fluoxetine (FLX), are on the rise in the female…

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ERK2 Signaling in the Nucleus Accumbens Facilitates Stress Susceptibility and Cocaine Reinstatement Plain Language SummaryThis study highlights a role for ERK2 signaling in the brain’s reward center (nucleus accumbens [NAc]) in influencing behaviors related to depression and drug use. Promoting acti...

ERK2 Signaling in the Nucleus Accumbens Facilitates Stress Susceptibility and Cocaine Reinstatement - Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science www.bpsgos.org/article/S266...

Brain structure differences are associated with early use of substances among adolescents | National Institute on Drug Abuse Differences appeared to exist prior to substance use, pointing to the role brain structure may play in risk

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Why Bax detection in >1400 publications might be flawed - Cell Death & Disease Cell Death & Disease - Why Bax detection in >1400 publications might be flawed

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Silvia Pinal, Golden Age Star of Mexican Cinema, Is Dead She found outsize success in her native land and gained international recognition for her work with the acclaimed Spanish surrealist director Luis Buñuel.

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Social defeat stress induces an anxiety-like outcome in male prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) Abstract. Anxiety-related illnesses constitute one of the leading causes of disability across the globe. Consequently, the need for validated preclinical m

Bullying induces #anxiety in #PrairieVoles - check it out: academic.oup.com/oons/advance...

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