New research has revealed the diverse assembly and regulation of Type-A GABA receptors (GABAARs), which are crucial for ...

The true function of our endocannabinoid system has been obscured by its name. It has no essential relationship to cannabis ...

Introduction: In primary auditory cortex (A1), nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) containing α2 subunits are expressed in layer 5 Martinotti cells (MCs)—inhibitory interneurons that send a ...

The coronavirus (COVID-19) changed various aspects of societal functions. For some time, it stripped people of social ...

Fintel reports that on November 14, 2024, Rodman & Renshaw initiated coverage of Achieve Life Sciences (NasdaqCM:ACHV) with a ...

A team of scientists at HSE University, in collaboration with the Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology of ...

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 ...

net.nagasaki-u.ac.jp Objective We developed an assay that detects autoantibodies against the main immunogenic region (MIR) located at the extracellular end of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor ...

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Neuroscientist Dr Andrija Sente, who conducted his award-winning research at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of ...

Antipsychotics can also cause weight gain, metabolic dysfunction, and hormonal problems. Activating muscarinic receptors in ...

In particular, the finding that acetylcholine-receptor antagonists have an antiproliferative effect on neural stem cells has important implications for the understanding and treatment of Alzheimer ...