Interrupting signals exchanged between tumors and the nervous system could become a critical pillar of cancer care ...

Research indicates that following the onset of an acquired brain injury (ABI), the brain initiates an immediate ...

As both forms of LTD can probably occur at the same synapse, this use of different ... of other types of glutamate receptors and other neurotransmitters, and can be expressed by alterations ...

Also, experts think that increasing the amount of neurotransmitters in your synapses boosts levels of proteins that help protect certain cells in your brain. One of these proteins is called brain ...

One major category of the next generation of energy-efficient microelectronic devices and information processing technologies ...

Cut off any part of this worm's body and it will regrow. This is the spectacular yet mysterious regenerative ability of ...

As the U.S. population ages, more adults are developing thinking and memory problems, called mild cognitive impairment.

Exercise releases neurotransmitters like endorphins ... or the ability of neurons to change the strength of their connections (synapses) – a critical process involved in memory formation and ...

With the strong associations established in epidemiologic studies and a dearth of evidence on the actual mechanisms by which ...

Markita Landry is the first to admit that the two applications her research addresses – imaging brain chemistry and delivering genetic material into plants – are rather divergent.