Year: 2012

Neurons with serotonin transporters labeled with quantum dots. (Jerry Chang / Vanderbilt)

Probing the roots of depression by tracking serotonin regulation at a new level

An interdisciplinary team of scientists have successfully tagged a protein that regulates the neurotransmitter serotonin with tiny fluorescent beads, allowing them to track the movements of individual molecules for the first time. This capability makes it possible to study the manner in which serotonin regulates mood, appetite and sleep at a new level of detail.

‘Look Before You Lock’ to prevent child heat stroke and death

Spelling out HIV risk in urban China

Research reveals clues to HIV risk in Chinese men who have sex with other men.

Construction work will affect Medical Center Drive

Eat at Mimi’s Café in July and help Children’s Hospital

mother and baby

Kids’ cells okay after mom’s cancer radiation

Study finds no evidence of increased mitochondrial mutations in the children of women treated with radiation for cancer.

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