The locus coeruleus is emerging as a major new area of research interest, with many important functions such as regulating ...

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 ...

New research found that individuals with anorexia nervosa have elevated opioid neurotransmitter activity, which may ...

A study conducted at Turku PET Center in Finland showed that changes in the functioning of opioid neurotransmitters in the ...

A study showed that changes in the functioning of opioid neurotransmitters in the brain may underlie anorexia.

Discover how changes in opioid neurotransmitters in the brain may influence anorexia nervosa, affecting appetite, anxiety, ...

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 ...