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

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

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

A short-term memory circuit, for example, will remain in a single preferred state until a new stimulus comes along, causing ...

However, questions remain about the rules and parameters that help set up that type of shifting system. One possibility comes ...

Researchers have developed the most detailed 3D computational models of key brain regions, including the hippocampus and ...

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

Neurotransmitters are biological molecules that are secreted by neurons and that alter the behaviour of their target neurons or effector cells. Release of hunger-promoting and satiety-promoting ...

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