Below are links to view the quarterly newsletter Targeting Trends. You can also download the full PDF here. If you would like to be added to the mailing list, please complete the information on our contact page. The latest edition of Targeting Trends, the quarterly newsletter from Advanced Targeting Systems, is now available online. I hope you …
For years ATS customers have been Gangsta and Kermit fans, and now it is time to show your love by adding a caption to Kermit’s picture! Each quarter we will post a picture of Kermit up to his usual hijinks and ask our readership to offer their most creative captions. Be clever and creative as Kermit …
Over the years, ATS has frequently been asked about Saporin’s safety for use in the lab as well as when used clinically. Residual awareness of alternate Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins (RIPs) and ‘toxins’ such as Ricin have caused some researchers new to the use of RIPs to question the belief that Saporin is safe. Unlike Type 2 …
The peptidergic control circuit for sighing. Li P, Janczewski WA, Yackle K, Kam K, Pagliardini S, Krasnow MA, Feldman JL. Nature 530(7590):293-297, 2016. PMID: 26855425 Sighs are often associated with relief or sadness, but rodents sigh spontaneously dozens of times per hour. There are physiological benefits to sighing, including enhancement of gas exchange and preservation …
ATS is pleased to present a new product line specific for the vesicular GABA transporter (vGAT) protein. vGAT mediates both the accumulaXon of GABA into synaptic vesicles and its release from nerve terminals. vGAT is expressed in nerve endings of GABAergic neurons throughout the CNS. The GABAergic system is crucial to the development and functional …
CHOp75 Cells 192-IgG-SAP is the #1 rat p75-lesioning tool available for research use. Our development of CHOp75 cells grew from the need for a stable, reliable cell line to use for Quality Control of each new lot of 192-IgG-SAP. Now, these cells are available for use in laboratories worldwide. CHOp75 cells are standard CHO (Chinese …
The fundamental things apply. “The Peptidergic Control Circuit for Sighing,” recently published in the prestigious journal Nature, has made us rethink our fundamental belief that sighs are only “long, deep breaths expressing sadness, relief or exhaustion.” Often prompting someone to say, “What’s wrong?” As it turns out, sighs “also occur spontaneously every few minutes to …
From the President: A Sigh is (Not) Just a Sigh . . . Read More »
by Ronald G. Wiley, M.D., Ph.D., Departments of Neurology and Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN and C. J. Vierck, Department of Neuroscience, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA Degeneration of the cholinergic basal forebrain (CBF: medial septum, diagonal band of Broca, nucleus basalis of Meynert/substantia innominata) is a prominent …
