Neurons perform numerous complex tasks by communicating with each other via small messenger molecules called neurotransmitters. Accurately detecting them is crucial to understanding the functioning of ...

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas are a step closer to defining the function of two proteins involved in neurotransmitter release, which initiates communication between neurons ...

Different locations of neurotransmitter release sites in axon-bearing and anaxonic olfactory bulb dopaminergic neurons allow self-inhibition only in anaxonic cells, showing how polarity differences ...

Even when inactive, the brain guzzles energy in a way that would give supply chain experts heart palpitations, and researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine think that neurotransmitters may explain why.

We all know that particular sleepy sensation that we feel when we are tired or after a long day. Were you aware that this is the beginning of a whole complex cycle in our brains? Once we close our ...

Most people don’t think about the fact that their thoughts are chemical, and even less so about how to use their thoughts to manage their brain chemistry. Your brain chemistry is your mental health.