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 ...

Previous evidence identifies strong correlations between baseline plasma IL-18 concentration and central μ-OR BP ND bilaterally within the amygdala of MDD volunteers. Using the mediation model within ...

Participants included 34 healthy volunteers (22 female, 12 male) recruited through local advertising. Absence of current or past psychiatric diagnoses including substance abuse or dependence was ...

The brain chemicals behind your mood, sleep, and body functions Medically reviewed by Shaheen Lakhan, MD, PhD, FAAN Ever wonder what's going on in your brain when a certain mood strikes? You can thank ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — What does it take for a drug molecule to turn on a protein? Sometimes nothing more than jostling a few atoms. New research from University at Buffalo scientists will help ...

As we age, mobility can become an issue. Some people will have normal age-related trouble like arthritis or reduced fitness levels, but others are affected by neurological disorders like Parkinson's ...

Discovered some 40 years ago, the Y neuropeptide (NPY) is one of the organism’s most abundant neurotransmitters. It has long been known that it acts on the brain, stimulating the appetite and inducing ...

When a person thinks, speaks, eats, walks, or just sits comfortably with all bodily systems functioning normally, the billions of cells that make up the brain and the rest of the nervous system are ...

A new study shows that drugs that inhibit the liver from making cholesterol may also keep the brain from making cholesterol, which is vital to efficient brain function. Research by an Iowa State ...