Physicians have long observed a mystifying phenomenon: After a bout of infection or an autoimmune disease flare-up, some ...

Stimulant medications activate underperforming neural circuits in the prefrontal cortex” - Dr. Stanford OwenGULFPORT, MS, UN ...

Howard Hughes Medical Institute-led research has produced a complete connectome of the Drosophila visual system, enabling systematic investigations into how visual information is processed and relayed ...

memory formation hinges on connections between groups of engram cells, which are neurons thought to capture and store ...

Discover how the brain's most abundant neurotransmitter, glutamate, is revolutionizing psychiatry and offering new hope for ...

Jennifer Morgan, senior scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, studies how the synapse malfunctions in devastating diseases such as Parkinson’s and Lewy body dementia. Now, her lab ...

By influencing calcium homeostasis, local protein synthesis and the endoplasmic reticulum, a small protein called Rab10 emerges as a crucial cytoplasmic regulator of neuropeptide secretion.

A Nigerian researcher, Isreal Onifade, has identified plant compounds that could help in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.Onifade’s study found that certain plant alkaloids can block β-secretase, ...

Often found within processed foods—but sometimes hidden in packaged products billed as "healthy"— food dyes and artificial ...

Researchers used advanced cryo-electron microscopy to capture atomic-level images of how glutamate, a key neurotransmitter, ...

Specifically, glia guide neuronal differentiation, migration, and synapse formation during brain development. Astrocytes, in particular, regulate neurotransmitter levels and synaptic plasticity, ...