How does dopamine control both movement and learning? New research reveals that acetylcholine acts as a "switch" for dopamine ...

Scientists have long studied the role of dopamine, a chemical in the brain that helps control learning and movement, in order ...

Can caffeine save your social life? New research shows how caffeine restores social memory impaired by sleep deprivation by targeting the hippocampal CA2 region. Learn about the molecular mechanisms ...

A study mapped genes linked to schizophrenia and uncovered a mechanism that disrupts synaptic plasticity in affected individuals. The researchers showed the role of three proteins in mediating the ...

Researchers have identified a narrow recovery period in the brain, roughly one hour after a stress event, during which a ...

Glutamate receptors, including AMPA and NMDA subtypes, are pivotal mediators of excitatory transmission and plasticity across the mammalian central nervous system. Their regulation, which involves ...

Neurons are important, but they are not everything. Indeed, it is "cartilage," in the form of clusters of extracellular matrix molecules called chondroitin sulfates, located in the outside nerve cells ...

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a family of extracellular, zinc-dependent endopeptidases that have emerged as pivotal regulators of neural plasticity and synaptic function. In the brain, MMPs ...

Scientists at CityUHK achieved a breakthrough in recent months with the discovery a novel compound, named MF-8. The compound ...

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