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 ...

Between impulses the transmitter molecules are rapidly removed from the synaptic cleft to prevent continuous stimulation of postsynaptic neurons ... Re-uptake – the neurotransmitter is ...

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

They found that effects of binge drinking in early adulthood were still present in the brain, even after a six-month ...

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 ...

Apart from enteroendocrine cells, sensory neurons connecting to enteric motor neurons and vagus nerve fibers ... to the ...

Researchers from the University of California, San Diego, have identified a shared mechanism in the brain that explains how ...

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.