Understanding how human neurons cope with the energy demands of a large, active brain could open up new avenues for treating ...

In mice, stress altered the way that the brain packaged memories, resulting in an unnecessary fear response — but drugs were ...

Binge drinking in early adult years fundamentally changes how the brain's neurons communicate, in what scientists equate to a ...

Neurobiologists have made a breakthrough in understanding how environmental factors might contribute to autism spectrum ...

Memories are created in a matter of seconds. Researchers now may have begun to uncover how behavioral timescale learning ...

Researchers found that methamphetamine and PCP cause a phenomenon known as neurotransmitter switching, impairing memory. This ...

Binge drinking in early adults can lead to long-lasting and potentially permanent dysregulation in the brain, according to a ...

If you ever tried cramming all your learning in one night before the exam, you know it doesn't usually work. Surprisingly, this has little to do with the brain.

Neurons "hear" these electrical whispers ... Each message, passed encoded in a packet of chemical neurotransmitters, triggers a tiny electrical response at the synapse—a few thousandths of ...

A healthy brain balances “activate” and “inhibit” signaling in its neural microcircuitry, with the inhibitory signaling often provided by cell receptors for the neurotransmitter GABA.   Unexpected ...

Although drugs of abuse have different sites of action, each addiction can result in common adaptations in neurons and neurotransmitter systems. Chronic use of most of the main drugs of abuse ...

"1-2% of the global population and one in every 36 boys in the U.S. are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), with numbers rising over time." ...