Fresh research by neuroscientist in Alberta could battle anxiety


.Postmedia News . Monday, Dec. 20, 2010
Groundbreaking research by a University of Alberta neuroscientist holds the
promise of new treatment for anxiety disorders, Canada's most common mental
health problem. Research published last week in The Journal of Neuroscience
pinpoints a previously undiscovered mechanism in the brain that controls
anxiety. That mechanism affects neurons in the pea-sized part of the brain
that assesses risk and reward, making those neurons more or less excitable
and thus more or less likely to send out anxious messages. "So far, nobody
is using that [mechanism] as a drug target," William Colmers said Sunday. 
"The hope is that we can use this new knowledge to develop new medicines."
Research discovered how certain chemical messengers regulate an "ion
channel," part of a cell that makes neurons more likely to fire, causing
anxiety, or less likely to fire, preventing anxiety.
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http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/Fresh+research+neuroscientist+Alber
ta+could+battle+anxiety/4002104/story.html#ixzz18fD2nt3G

http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/full/30/50/i

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/books/University+Alberta+reserc
her+uncovers+trigger+anxiety/3999369/story.html

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