Research led by Jia Zhou in the Hibbs Lab at UC San Diego has mapped the structures of human brain receptors for the neurotransmitter GABA. The team obtained samples from epilepsy patients undergoing ...

Specific protein receptors in the brain play a vital role in how neurons slow down or stop firing, making them targets for ...

A study by the (UPV/EHU) demonstrates that the drug WIN55,212-2 protects the brain and reverses early cognitive damage caused ...

can create both excitatory and inhibitory effects depending upon the type of receptors that are present. Oxytocin: This powerful hormone acts as a neurotransmitter in the brain. The hypothalamus ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have uncovered new insights into the mechanisms underlying autism spectrum disorder (ASD ...

Scientists have come up with a drug that is a potential candidate for tackling memory deficits in the early stages of the disease in rodents. Research shows that the drug activates the cannabinoid ...

As one of the brain’s primary neurotransmitters ... which block one of the receptors to which norepinephrine binds. There are also other drugs that aren’t aimed specifically at the ...

Dopamine is a key neurotransmitter known to modulate motivation and reinforcement learning. While the role of dopamine in ...