Recruitment of functional GABA sub A receptors to postsynaptic domains by insulin
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The effect of insulin on the neurotransmitter receptor GABA sub A was analyzed using quantitative electron-microscope examination of immunogold staining. Insulin induces the rapid transmission of GABA sub A receptors to the plasma membrane and stimulates the increased development of GABA sub A receptors on the post-synaptic and dendritic membranes in the neurons of the mammalian central nervous system.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1997
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A gender bender
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The number-crunching phase of the meta-analysis weighting differences by sample size on various data sets showed that male university students have significantly higher IQs than their female counterparts. Meta-analysis is not a substitute for properly designed research, and sex differences in average IQ, if exist, are too small to be interesting.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
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Gender benders
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The insulin receptors play a crucial role in male sexual development, as revealed by a painstaking triple-gene-knockout study. The study conducted by Nef and his colleagues revealed new and unexpected roles for the insulin receptor family in sexual development.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2003
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