Neurotransmitters are chemical messengers that help nerve cells (neurons) communicate with one another. These chemical messengers affect the brain by either exciting (stimulating), inhibiting ...

There are two types of removal: Re-uptake – the neurotransmitter is reabsorbed back into the presynaptic neuron and restored inside a vesicle ready to be used again. For example, noradrenaline.

As such, the locus coeruleus is the principal site for brain synthesis of noradrenaline, a neurotransmitter. Noradrenaline is contained in small round compartments, called vesicles, inside the ...

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

Combining electrophysiological, anatomical and functional brain maps reveals networks of beta neural activity that align with dopamine uptake.

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 ...