Journal Of Neurosciencence News

Remarkably, most of the known taste receptors - those responding to sweet, bitter, and umami - are expressed on type II "receptor cells" that do not have obvious synaptic release sites.

Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. Announces Three Studies Of Oral Factor Xa Inhibitor DU-176b

Main Category: Blood / Hematology Also Included In: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials ; Conferences Article Date: 03 Dec 2008 - 0:00 PST Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.

The Placebo Effect: Not All in Your Head

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Steven Shehori: The Prop 8 Monologues, Vol. 1 of 2 - What Would Ronald McDonald Do?

The Prop 8 Monologues, Vol. 1 of 2 - What Would Ronald McDonald Do? Referendums like California's now-infamous Proposition 8 are arguably born from a singular belief.

Give us a soundtrack for our walk away from the apocalypse

I am looking for songs that call to mind the rather specific feeling of walking or driving away from a great disaster that has left one greatly scarred, but alive: Post-apocalyptic victory songs.

XenoPort Plunges After Heartburn Drug Fails to Work Better Than a Placebo

XenoPort Inc. fell the most in 3 1/2 years of public trading after the company, developer of a technique to promote drug absorption, said its heartburn medicine failed in a study.

Benefits of Acupuncture Do Not Require Actually Inserting Needles [Pure Pedantry]

Reality is always more complicated than you think. Profile Jake Young is a MD/PhD student at Mount Sinai School of Medicine focusing in Neuroscience.

Placebo power is underappreciated

Are you taking a placebo? This may be a shocking idea. A placebo, after all, is a pill, potion or patch that is not expected to have any particular therapeutic effect on your condition.

Placebo Is Against Human Trafficking

Preface : I'm not really sure if this article is satire or brutal honesty or some hastily-thrown together fusion of the two.

Placebo - Placebo to Play Historic Show at Ancient Cambodian Temple

Placebo will headline an historic concert at Angkor Wat, an ancient Cambodian temple, to raise awareness and increase prevention of human trafficking.